NEW HANOVER COUNTY – For the first time in almost a year, New Hanover County Schools elementary students will return to physical classrooms five days a week…
In light of Gov. Roy Cooper’s call on districts to reopen in-person instruction, the New Hanover County Board of Education agreed Tuesday night to hold a meeting on potentially reopening elementary schools five days a week. (Port City Daily photo/Alexandria Sands)
NEW HANOVER COUNTY – Just hours after Gov. Roy Cooper called on school districts to return to in-person instruction, the New Hanover County Board of Education agreed Tuesday night to revisit the decision to fully reopen elementary schools.
After an hour of comments from the public the majority addressing resuming daily in-person classes the board agreed to take up the issue next week at a special meeting. (As of 3 p.m. Wednesday, the date and time had yet to be announced).
COVID-19 deaths continue to rise as New Hanover County broke the threshold of 100 deaths.
“100 deaths from COVID-19 in New Hanover County is 100 too many,” New Hanover County Assistant Health Director Carla Turner said. “And losing our neighbors, parents, grandparents, family, and loved ones is a huge loss for our community.”
New Hanover County is considered to be “red” in the latest COVID-19 County Alert System by the health department, meaning the county has critical levels of viral spread, according to a recent press release.
Turner said New Hanover continues to see case counts increase and the numbers will continue to rise due to lack of widespread public commitment to wearing face coverings, avoiding gatherings, maintaining physical distance from others, and frequent handwashing.
NHRMC partners with others to host conversation on vaccine and the minority community An employee at Foundation Health Partners in Fairbanks experienced what was likely an anaphylactic reaction to the COVID-19 vaccine on Thursday afternoon. (Source: SSM Health via KTUU) By WECT Staff | December 20, 2020 at 1:12 PM EST - Updated December 20 at 2:44 PM
WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - There are lots of questions surrounding the COVID-19 vaccine. That is why New Hanover Regional Medical Center along with New Hanover County, and other organizations are hosting a virtual conversation on Monday to help shed some light on the vaccine and the minority communities in our area.