All in Coronavirus
Wednesday morning on July 14, 2021, Kinston Community Health Center unveiled a brand new mobile care unit. The vehicle is a 38 foot 2020 Forest River Georgetown motorcoach designed by Mission Mobile of Greensboro, NC. The mobile unit was outfitted to meet various medical needs.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention today updated North Carolina’s vaccine data on its COVID Data Tracker. The number of vaccine doses administered for North Carolina increased by 621,198 doses in addition to regularly uploaded data.
Governor Roy Cooper visited the Davidson County Health Department vaccine clinic in Lexington to see more people get their COVID-19 vaccine and talk about the Your Shot at a Million Summer Cash and College Tuition drawings for vaccinated North Carolinians. The health department has administered a majority of the vaccinations across Davidson County, administering nearly 60,400 doses.
Governor Roy Cooper announced that he signed an Executive Order to extend a variety of measures currently in place to respond to the COVID-19 Pandemic until July 30.
RALEIGH: As part of North Carolina’s effort to encourage more North Carolinians to receive COVID-19 vaccines, Governor Roy Cooper announced $4 Million Summer Cash and College Tuition drawings to motivate those who have not yet been vaccinated — and thank those who have. Four vaccinated North Carolinians 18 and older will win $1 million each and four North Carolinians ages 12 to 17 will win tuition for post-secondary education. Executive Order 219, which has concurrence from the North Carolina Council of State, authorizes the drawings.
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is launching a new public campaign encouraging North Carolinians to "Vax Up or Mask Up” to support the new guidance that lifts many of the state’s COVID-19 restrictions.
After a knee replacement in Las Vegas, Kinston resident Bob Dawson went back to the hospital after developing a cough. After being checked out, he was diagnosed with COVID-19. Within a few short weeks, Dawson was put on a ventilator and placed in a medically induced coma.
Lenoir County has low community spread per the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services County Alert System map. “I think the vaccines have significantly contributed to the decline in the number of cases we are seeing in the population and in congregate living facilities,” said Pamela Brown, Director of Lenoir County Health Department. “A lot of this can be attributed to our community’s actions to fight against COVID-19,” said Beverly Jenkins, UNC Lenoir Health Care’s Director of Marketing and Medical Staff Development.
More than 3 million North Carolinians are now fully vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus. This is a remarkable step forward in our fight against the pandemic, and soon we can begin safely returning to our lives. But scammers have used the pandemic as an excuse to take advantage of people for the past year, and they’re still at it. The next fight against COVID-19 vaccine scams is stopping the spread and use of false vaccine cards.
While vaccine supplies are limited, it is important North Carolinians continue practicing the 3Ws and get tested for COVID-19 if they have symptoms or have been in close contact to someone with COVID-19.
President Biden signed H.R. 1319, the American Rescue Plan (ARP), intended to assist with the public health crisis created by the pandemic. As vaccine distribution and availability increases, more funds are needed to ensure the availability of the vaccine, that children are able to return to school, and that people can return to work. "By ensuring disaster relief funds are provided direct to municipalities, the American Rescue Plan allocated $5.8 million directly to the City of Kinston, NC to help our citizens and local economy recover from the impact of the pandemic," said Mayor Don Hardy.
Governor Roy Cooper and North Carolina Health and Human Services Secretary Mandy K. Cohen, M.D., announced today an accelerated timeline for moving to Groups 4 and 5 for vaccine eligibility with the rest of Group 4 eligible on March 31st and all adults eligible beginning April 7th.
As North Carolina’s trends continue to show improvement and vaccine distribution increases with 31.7% of North Carolinians over 18 having received at least one dose of vaccine, Governor Roy Cooper announced today that the state will continue to ease some COVID-19 restrictions. Executive Order No. 204 will take effect March 26 at 5 pm is set to expire April 30 at 5 pm. The state’s general mask mandate remains in effect.
Effective today, March 15, 2021, the Greene County Department of Public Health will no longer be adding additional names to the COVID-19 vaccine waiting list for Groups 1, 2, 3 & 4.
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services has expanded its vaccine data dashboard to provide more demographic data on people who are partially or fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
