Charlotte businesses cited for violating order as health leaders warn of COVID-19 surge
Charlotte businesses cited for violating order as health leaders warn of COVID-19 surge By Brandon Hamilton | December 21, 2020 at 6:37 PM EST - Updated December 21 at 8:12 PM
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - As positive coronavirus cases continue to surge across Mecklenburg County, health leaders are urging everyone to avoid large gatherings during the holiday.
The plea comes days after four Charlotte businesses were cited by the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department for violating Governor Roy Cooper’s executive order.
Those businesses include: Clutch Kitchen and Pour House, Bulldog Taproom, Skilled Arcade and Fish Table Computer Games.
Mecklenburg County s Public Health Director urging families to stay home for Christmas
To keep this holiday merry and bright, Harris is encouraging everyone to stay home and to only celebrate with those you live with. Author: Ashley Daley Updated: 3:45 PM EST December 22, 2020
CHARLOTTE, N.C. For months, Mecklenburg County residents have been hearing the message that they’re safer at home.
“So, what is not safe over the holidays? Travel, gatherings and extensive shopping,” said Gibbie Harris, Public Health Director for Mecklenburg County, citing a surge in both positive cases and hospitalizations.
To keep this holiday merry and bright, Harris is encouraging everyone to stay home and to only celebrate with those you live with.
Mecklenburg County health leaders âincredibly concernedâ over virus testing surge Gibbie Harris (Source: WBTV) By WBTV Web Staff | December 21, 2020 at 11:53 AM EST - Updated December 21 at 11:59 AM
MECKLENBURG COUNTY, N.C. (WBTV) - As residents prepare to celebrate the Christmas holiday, Mecklenburg County leaders are urging residents to avoid travel, gathering and extensive shopping âat all costs.â
Mecklenburg County Health Public Health Director Gibbie Harris said there is a testing surge ahead of the holidays. âAnd that is incredibly concerning,â Harris said, because it could mean ârisky behavior.â
Harris expects to see another spike in coronavirus cases in January after families have gathered. âWe saw a spike after Halloween and we saw a bigger increase in numbers after Thanksgiving,â Harris said. âAnd there is the fact that everyone is just tired of this virus.â
Updated Tuesday, December 22 at 10:03 am.
Charlotte-based Atrium Health has received its first shipment of a second COVID-19 vaccine. The hospital system said that it received 1,000 doses of the vaccine manufactured by pharmaceutical company Moderna on Monday morning.
Atrium has vaccinated at least 1,300 of its employees since it began receiving Pfizer vaccine doses about one week ago, according to Dr. Lewis McCurdy, an infectious disease physician at the hospital system. He said at least another 5,000 employees are signed up for shots this week.
“Being in the hospital this weekend, you could sort of feel that sense of people excited to get it. Everyone was sort of talking about it,” McCurdy told reporters on Monday.
Health Officials Report A COVID-19 Cluster At Bradley Middle School
December 18, 2020
CHARLOTTE, N.C. Mecklenburg County Public Health officials say they notified CMS on Thursday, December 17th that several positive coronavirus cases linked to Bradley Middle School are being considered a cluster.
Officials say thanks to contact tracing and a thorough investigation this is the first identified cluster in a CMS facility, and all impacted students and staff have been notified.
No impacted students or staff have been back in the building since they were all notified last week, and enhanced cleaning and sanitation procedures have been implemented, officials say.