They came out early and often on.
Once news broke about Governor Roy Cooper s addition of residents age 75 and older to Phase 1B of the state s COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Prioritization Framework, Onslow County officials explained the phone began ringing off the hook with questions.
Those questions and more were answered on Monday when the county s Citizens Phone Bank started the first registrations for the new group, which transferred into the first vaccinations given to the elderly early Wednesday morning. What made this process swift was the partnership between Onslow Memorial Hospital and the Onslow County Health Department.
OMH has gifted 120 vials (approximately 600-700 doses) of the Pfizer vaccine to the OCHD in order to support the community s demand once the state approved the county s move into Phase 1B, according to a
Editor’s note: This story is No. 1 in a series looking at the top 10 stories of 2020 for The Daily News, counting down from 10 to 1 from Dec. 23 to Jan. 1.
March 12, 2020 was the day the global novel coronavirus pandemic arrived at Onslow County’s doorstep and brought with it a public health crisis full of challenges as well as a community that has stepped up to help those most in need.
During the nine months that have followed that first positive case of COVID-19 reported in Onslow County, there are few aspects of life that haven’t been impacted by the pandemic, from healthcare and education to business and the economy.
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The vaccine showed up at the right time for Onslow County.
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, county officials have attempted to educate residents about the 3W s (wear, wait, wash) but after watching the case counts rise, those efforts look to have been partly ignored.
On Thursday, Onslow Memorial Hospital announced they had received 975 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. Nurses began administering the vaccine to employees on Friday as the county is in desperate need of a game-changer in the fight against the virus.
Since Dec. 1, the daily positive case rate has tripled. Officials announced on Dec. 2 there were 173 new positive cases. On Dec. 16, the county announced 566 positive cases. Onslow releases case updates every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Cases are counted in what is called a rolling 7-day average meaning the number is based on the day before.