An infectious disease staff member from Alamance Regional Medical center was among the first local healthcare workers to receive the COVID-19 vaccine last week, as inoculations began at Cone Health.

Dr. Jayashree Ravishankar, an infectious disease and internal medicine doctor at ARMC, received her first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at Cone Health’s Green Valley campus in Greensboro on Friday.

Dr Jayashree Ravishankar

Dr. Jayashree Ravishankar, an infectious disease doctor at ARMC, received her first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine Friday, Dec. 18, at Cone Health's Green Valley Campus in Greensboro. Vaccinations at ARMC are slated to begin this week.