UNC employees and many students are now vaccine eligible, but some are struggling to find appointments

By Kyle Mehlman, Ben Rappaport, Ava Pukatch, and Elizabeth Wheless

Faculty, students and staff across the university system may finally see a light at the end of the pandemic tunnel. Thousands more North Carolinians are now eligible to receive their COVID-19 vaccines, as members of vaccine group 3. That means essential frontline workers including university employees and work-study students can finally receive their shots. However, many are struggling to find appointments.

Kyle Mehlman has more.