As people race to get to mass vaccinations around the Carolinas, a number of pharmacies are still eager to get doses of the vaccine, too.

They want to have them in order to help broaden the range of distribution, putting more shots in arms in less time.

Carolina Pharmacy is one of them. You can get tested for COVID-19 at their pharmacies, but you can’t get a preventative vaccine yet.

“It’s been busy,” Vic Patel, who is the owner of Carolina Pharmacy and a pharmacist himself, said. “A lot of people have been using pharmacies than before obviously because of COVID.”

The company, which has multiple pharmacies across the Carolinas, is already preparing for the day they’ll get vaccines.

“[We’re] getting the process started, to kind of help the community get back to normalcy,” he said.

Patel says staffing, scheduling and paperwork are the biggest logistics to figure out. He’s already working on plans so he’s ready to go when he gets the call. #WakeUpCLT #COVID19 #Vaccine

PHARMACY EAGER TO HELP VACCINE DISTRIBUTION: https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/vaccine/pharmacies-carolinas-wait-vaccine/275-eac2159b-8942-4f5e-ab1c-fa071dd90699