Krystal Jaworski and Tyler Santaniello were arrested in Florence a few weeks ago and charged with attempting to detonate an explosive device in the area of Radio Drive.
Social media giant, Facebook, helped alert authorities about a possible bomb that sparked investigations in the Grand Strand and Pee Dee, according to a police report.
Nick Davidson, DHEC’s senior deputy for public health, spoke one-on-one with WMBF about what kind of impact the state foresees with this pause in the rollout of this vaccine.
More than 114,600 people in Horry County have started the COVID-19 vaccination process, according to the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control.
The State Law Enforcement Division and Myrtle Beach Police Department released information that reveals the final moments of Myrtle Beach Police Ofc. Jacob Hancher’s life.
One DHEC leader reiterated during a news briefing on Wednesday that DHEC is asserting its right to withhold vaccine from providers who “knowingly” choose not to follow state guidelines.
DHEC officials followed up with Horry County officials after WMBF News obtained and reported on an email sent out to all county employees to offer them the chance to receive Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine.
Vaccine providers are allowed to give doses to people who are outside of the phase eligibility, but only as a last resort, according to the Department of Health and Environmental Control.
Weeks after DHEC rolled out a new online system for filing death certificates, local coroners are still seeing problems and bottlenecks in the process.
DHEC is discouraging people from forgetting to get their second dose of vaccine. The current vaccines on the market, Pfizer and Moderna, both entail two shots, taken with varying lengths of time in between.
The Department of Health and Environmental Control’s Vaccine Advisory Committee is getting closer to identifying exactly who is in South Carolina’s Phase 1b.
While thousands of critical frontline workers in the Grand Strand have received their COVID-19 vaccinations, there are still many under Phase 1-A who haven’t even received information about how to get the vaccine.
DHEC has received nearly 200,000 doses of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines to fight against the coronavirus, but it’s unclear exactly how many have been administered in the state.
As the COVID-19 vaccine rolls out across South Carolina and the country, many in the Black community said they won’t get it due to a lack of trust in the government.
After receiving close to 4,000 vaccine doses thus far, CMC is asking for more guidance from DHEC on when they can begin to move forward with the next phase of distribution.
The Department of Health and Environmental Control provided an update on how many COVID-19 vaccines have been sent to South Carolina over the past few weeks.
