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Gov. Roy Cooper said Tuesday that all essential frontline workers in Group Three can begin getting their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday, rather than the initial projected date
Forsyth County reported its first case of U.K. variant of COVID-19 on Wednesday.Â
The infected person is in isolation and contact tracing is being tone to identify others who may have been exposed to the disease, the Forsyth County Department of Public Health said.Â
This variant has been found to be more contagious, though early research found that it has no impact on the severity of the disease or the effectiveness of the COVID-19 vaccine.
âThere have been 40 cases of this variant in North Carolina, so we knew that Forsyth would eventually have its first case, said Joshua Swift, Forsyth s health director.
The state Department of Health and Human Services said Thursday that most of this week s federal supplies of COVID-19 vaccine has been delayed because of winter storms sweeping much of