Lincoln County mayor: Anyone who wants coronavirus vaccine can get one

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Alabama has just started vaccinating people in phase one c -- but to the north of us in lincoln county tennessee - everyone 16 and older is now eligible for the vaccine.

Waay-31's bridget divers is live in lincoln county right now with more information on the vaccine expansion.

Bridget?

Lincoln county mayor bill newman is excited that anyone who wants a vaccine can now get one in the county.

He says lincoln county and the state of tennessee have done a wonderful job administering vaccines.

To get the covid-19 vaccine you still have to have an appointment at one of the vaccination sites in the county.

People from alabama though are alloweed to come to lincoln county to get it -- because it is a federal program.

With it being a federal program the way i look at it is we have citizens who work in huntsville.

Some of them go to huntsville hospital.

Huntsville hospital is not going to say no to a lincoln county resident for medical care and we're not going to say no to anybody outside of our county.

You can make an appointment for the covid-19 vaccine through the lincoln county health department, select walmarts, or at carter's drug store.

Live in lincoln county, bridget divers,