Booster shots are available at all COVID-19 vaccination clinics and children ages 5-11 are eligible for a booster five months after their most recent Pfizer shot.
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SC’s anti-vaccine mandate legislation is on its way to Governor Henry McMaster’s desk after the House voted 76-34 to agree with the changes the Senate made in early April.
The audit states that DES did not meet the federal first payment timeliness standard for six of the eight (75%) unemployment benefit programs it administered.
The decision comes after the Center for Disease Control and Prevention updated its guidelines Friday, February 25 to remove the requirement to wear masks on buses or vans operated by public or private school systems and in early childhood education programs.
In each of the past two weeks, the state set record lows for the total number of first and second doses given, according to numbers from the state Department of Health and Human Services.
Cooper added that in certain places, like health care, long-term care and public transportation settings, masks will still be required due to their settings or federal regulations.
The New Hanover County Board of Education voted Wednesday to end the district’s mask requirement for students, teachers, and staff beginning on Friday.
New Hanover County’s Pandemic Operations Manager Jon Campbell hopes that, despite declining positivity rates, everyone continues to play their part in wearing masks, educating themselves, and getting vaccinated or boosted.
The spread of COVID-19 in North Carolina is on the decline with the seven-day rolling average of new cases at its lowest mark since the start of the new year.
Across the country, more than 77 million people have had the coronavirus. Some of those victims aren’t with us anymore, and others like Jennifer Helms had to fight for their life.
Governor Cooper says the decision to visit an independent pharmacy like King’s is because, sometimes, community members have a greater trust in smaller, local pharmacies,
Brunswick County Heath Services is offering COVID-19 vaccination clinics this week (Jan. 31-Feb. 5) for anyone ages 12 and older.Health Services also will offer two special clinics Saturday, Feb. 5, for both regular and pediatric (ages 5-11) vaccinations.
Fewer monoclonal antibody treatments are available for people who contract COVID as only one of the three brands is effective against the Omicron variant.
Many people think that they have to travel to larger cities to receive COVID-19 treatments and therapies, and COO Jennifer Buxton is disputing those thoughts.
The positivity rate for COVID-19 tests in all five southeastern North Carolina counties is higher than the state average of 30.4 percent at last report.
“You know none of us asked to be in this situation. There was never a textbook that taught us how to deal with the situation, I never had an education course, teachers and administrators never had courses that taught you how to deal with a pandemic,” Dr. Atkinson said.
“There are teachers and staff here who are immunocompromised, they could have health issues, and even if they had their vaccine they could still get really, really sick, and the fact is masks help protect. It’s a layer of protection and why anybody doesn’t want to keep their children and their children’s teachers and the people who run their school safe, it’s just beyond me, it really is,” Worrell said.
