How Triad health systems are handling COVID-19 vaccine demand
Cone Health and Forsyth County Health Department answer the top questions from people in need of a COVID-19 vaccine. Author: Grace Holland Updated: 12:13 AM EST January 16, 2021
GREENSBORO, N.C. Many are frustrated as they try to make coronavirus vaccine appointments across the Triad.
The vaccination varies from county to county so WFMY News 2 took a closer look at some of the big questions.
Question:
Who can get a vaccine right now?
Many counties opened vaccinations to those 75 and older last week, along with frontline healthcare workers and nursing home residents.
The Guilford County Health Department and Cone Health are opening vaccinations to include people over the age of 65 next week after the state changed its guidelines to the most recent phase.
A total of 224 people have tested positive since an outbreak of COVID-19 began at the Forsyth County Jail in November, including 186 inmates and 38 staffers, according to the
A total of 224 people have tested positive since an outbreak of COVID-19 began at the Forsyth County Jail in November, including 186 inmates and 38 staffers, according to the latest numbers released Tuesday by the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services.Â
That s an increase of 39 from from Friday, when 185 people had tested positive for the virus. Despite the increase, Forsyth County commissioners who approve funding for the jail said they support the sheriff s office s efforts to control the outbreak.
The jail outbreak remains the second largest in the state, behind the Mecklenburg County Jail. The state health department reported a total of 276 people who had tested positive since the outbreak began at the Mecklenburg County Jail, including 32 staffers and 244 inmates. The state health agency lists one death a staffer since the outbreak began. A spokeswoman for the Mecklenburg County Jail has disputed the state s numbers and said that there have been no deaths related
A confusing picture
I am confused after considering two Jan. 7 Journal articles (âGovernor extends statewide curfew for three weeks,â âCounty schools forge ahead with reopening plansâ), one posted above the other.
Gov. Roy Cooper said . in North Carolina, we have seen some of our highest case counts, percent positives, hospitalizations and ICU bed usage numbers in the past few days. No matter where you live, work, worship or play, COVID-19 remains a deadly threat, and we must treat it that way.
N.C. Health Secretary Dr. Mandy Cohen warned, âThere is an alarming amount of virus everywhere in our state. We are in a very dangerous position and this is the most worried I have been during the pandemic. Every single North Carolinian needs to take immediate action to save lives and protect themselves and each other.â