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Lee County health officials said 44 more COVID-19 cases have been reported in the last week. In total, there have been 5,549 cases and 73 county deaths since the pandemic began.
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Johnston County health officials are reporting a COVID-19 cluster at Cleveland Elementary School.
NCDHHS defines a cluster as a minimum of five cases with illness onsets or initial positive results within a 14-day period and plausible epidemiologic linkage between cases.
Johnston County school officials told ABC11 the impacted classroom moved to remote instruction following the first case and there are no plans to close the school.
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FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (WTVD) Cape Fear Valley Health is now welcoming all essential workers to schedule an appointment to receive a COVID-19 vaccine.
The health system officially starts first doses for the second part of Group 3 on Wednesday and is seeing a great response, according to registered nurse Kelly Grant. If you have a job, you qualify to come down and get the COVID-19 vaccine, Grant said.
The vaccine clinic was held at Cape Fear Valley s Health Pavilion North for most of the day.
Quentin Gilbert, an employee for the nearby Goodyear Tire and Rubber Plant, made a stop at the clinic right after work, describing what his day-to-day job looks like, on the floor, we can t separate. I m on a machine, but there s a machine right by my machine, and that s just the way it is in the plant.
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The Fayetteville Observer
Cumberland County Schools (CCS) have not been open for in-person learning since March of 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic took grip of the nation. All students have been learning remotely.
The system plans to open under Plan B a mixture of virtual and in-person learning by March 15. Some parents say that is not soon enough, especially in light of a report by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that says school reopening can be safe as long as certain conditions are met.
Following are four letters from Cumberland County parents who shared their personal stores and have one message: Open schools now. - Myron B. Pitts, Opinion editor