Governor Cooper Visits Pharmacy in Wilmington to Encourage North Carolinians to Get Their Lifesaving Vaccines

Press Release

Today, Governor Roy Cooper and NCDHHS Secretary Kody Kinsley visited and toured King's Pharmacy & Compounding Lab in New Hanover County, a local pharmacy distributing COVID-19 vaccines.

"Our pharmacies are playing a key role in getting these safe, effective and free COVID vaccines into our communities and I'm grateful for their work," said Governor Cooper.

"Our message to North Carolinians is to layer protection to prevent serious illness from COVID-19: get vaccinated, get a booster when eligible, and wear a tight-fitting mask," said NCDHHS Secretary Kody H. Kinsley. "We're grateful to our pharmacy partners who are a critical part of getting vaccines and boosters into arms and blunting the impacts of this virus."

King's Pharmacy & Compounding Lab is a locally owned pharmacy in the Wilmington area. The pharmacy is distributing Moderna and Pfizer vaccines for adults and Pfizer vaccines for children ages 5 and up.

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