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Accuracy rate for COVID-19 tests is not 100%, should you still get one?

A new CDC study compared the two types of testing being used to detect COVID-19: rapid tests, which can produce results within 15 minutes, and lab-based send-out (RT-PCR) tests, which can take up to two-to-three days for results. The CDC reported the rapid test had an 80% accuracy rate among those showing symptoms. That accuracy rate dropped to 41.2% when used to screen those who are asymptomatic compared to the PCR tests, which are nearly 100% accurate. One in five patients with symptoms and confirmed COVID-19 received a negative rapid test result. Patients with symptoms and a negative rapid test are instructed to get a confirmation PCR test, wear a mask and stay home in a separate room, according to the CDC.

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More COVID-19 vaccine doses arrive, providers added to administer shots

The New Hanover County Health Department on Jan. 7 began vaccinating seniors 75 years old and older as part of the state’s current guidelines for eligibility. State officials are working through the Trump administration’s announcement Tuesday about expanded guidelines for vaccine eligibility. Click here to read more on that. The county opened appointment slots on Thursday and Friday for the 955 vaccine doses it now has. Less than three hours after announcing the openings, county officials reported shortly before 2 p.m. that those appointments were all full. The NHRMC Physician Group primary care practices opened COVID-19 vaccinations to their established patients in the eligible age group starting Jan. 8.

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UNCW set to acquire freezers for vaccine storage as inoculations ramp up [Free]

UNCW set to acquire freezers for vaccine storage as inoculations ramp up [Free]
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Covid-19 Numbers: The weekly tri-county check-in

Covid-19 Numbers: The weekly tri-county check-in
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NHRMC begins vaccinating employees for COVID, more shots to follow

A little bit of local history was made on Thursday when Karen Herring became the first person in New Hanover County to be vaccinated for COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. Herring, a laboratory phlebotomist at New Hanover Regional Medical Center, received her COVID-19 vaccine on Dec. 17. She was the first NHRMC employee to receive a vaccine as part of a trial run in advance of the full-scale vaccinations for hospital employees, which began Friday. In a video provided by NHRMC, Herring said, Let me relax, as she prepared to get the shot with the vaccine from Jerry Burleson, manager of employee health at the hospital.

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