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By Catharin Shepard • Staff writer • Dr. Roxie Wells, president of Cape Fear Valley Hoke Hospital, was among the first people in the state Tuesday to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. The federal Food and Drug Administration last week authorized emergency use of the vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech, approving it for people age 16 and older. A first shipment of 5,000 doses of the vaccine was delivered Tuesday to three of Cape Fear Valley’s hospitals, including the one in Hoke County. The vaccine requires two doses given 21 days apart to be effective, meaning the hospital system received enough to fully vaccinate 2,500 people. Wells joined Cape Fear Valley Health Chief Executive Officer Mike Nagowski, Chief Medical Officer Dr. Samuel Fleishman, and Chief of Emergency Services and Associate Chief Medical Officer Dr. Michael Zappa in getting the COVID-19 vaccine. Front line workers in the Cape Fear Valley Medical Center’s emergency department and COVID inpatient unit were also among the first people in North Carolina vaccinated against coronavirus. Cape Fear Valley Hoke Hospital was one of the first 11 hospitals in the state chosen to receive the vaccine. The hospital was selected because of Cape Fear Valley Health’s participation in clinical trials that helped bring the first COVID-19 vaccines to market, according to Lindsay Graham, marketing coordinator for Cape Fear Valley. “This means Hoke County will get a head start on fighting COVID-19 and the vaccine will help slow the spread of the virus in this area,” Graham wrote in an email Monday. “Our health care workers getting vaccinated is just another way we can protect our patients and be there for our patients when they need us. We’ll still be following strict protocols of wearing PPE, regardless of whether a team member has been vaccinated or not.” Cape Fear Valley Hoke Hospital, Cape Fear Valley Medical Center in Fayetteville and Bladen County Hospital all received some of the limited supply of v

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