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                                Dwayne Miller, FirstHealth’s pharmacy director and vaccine coordinator, holds a dose of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine on the first day it was being administered to hospital staff, Dec. 23, 2020.

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Dwayne Miller, FirstHealth’s pharmacy director and vaccine coordinator, holds a dose of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine on the first day it was being administered to hospital staff, Dec. 23, 2020.

PINEHURST — FirstHealth of the Carolinas will offer Pfizer and Moderna booster shots to eligible members of the public at clinics scheduled in November.

Appointments are required, and the doses will be administered at four locations: the Fair Barn in Pinehurst, the Cole Auditorium on the Richmond Community College campus in Hamlet, MRH-Hoke in Raeford and the James Garner Center in Troy.

The boosters are available to those who received a Pfizer, Moderna or Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine, but under certain conditions. The following groups are eligible for a booster shot at 6 months or more after their initial series of Pfizer or Moderna and two months or more after Johnson & Johnson:

• 65 years and older

• Age 18+ who live in long-term care settings

• Age 18+ who have underlying medical conditions

• Age 18+ who work or live in high-risk settings

Visit the CDC’s eligibility page for detailed information about who is eligible to receive a booster.

Schedule an appointment at www.FirstHealth.org/shot. If you have additional questions, call (910) 715-SHOT.