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New Hanover County has inoculated 34% of its population. (Port City Daily/File)
North Carolina now has 46.4% of the population fully vaccinated, with 51.5% partially vaccinated. Gov. Cooper had been pressing the message over the last few months that he would lift the mask mandate when two-thirds of the population have at least one shot. Yet, following the CDC’s announcement last week that vaccinated people could go maskless in public, the governor surprised North Carolinians on Friday by announcing he would drop masks for both vaccinated and unvaccinated people.
The only exception: Masks must still be worn on public transportation, in childcare centers, schools, prisons, and other public-health settings.
Gov. Roy Cooper toured the Martin Luther King Center and talked with staff and members of the media in Wilmington, N.C. Thursday, May 6, 2021. Gov. Cooper was touring the facility to see how the Covid-19 vaccinations were being administered at the site and to hear about the county’s progress. (Courtesy Ken Blevins/StarNews)
WILMINGTON Gov. Roy Cooper exited a black SUV alongside his security detail early Thursday afternoon to greet local politicians who had gathered outside a downtown Wilmington vaccine clinic.
The governor was in New Hanover County to tour the Martin Luther King Center a city-owned building that has serviced more than 12,000 vaccine appointments since late January.
KURE BEACH ââ At times Antonio Burns feels heâs still under the water.
Itâs dark and muffled with the sound of sloshing waves overhead. It doesnât help when he awakes in a sweat, drenched.
âI feel like I just jumped out of the pool, or I may not even want to sleep at all â just awful flashbacks,â Burns said. âItâs probably gonna take a long time. Gonna take a long time to mentally recover.â
Nearing a month since Apr. 18, the 27-year-old is working on restrengthening himself mentally since the trauma he endured that Sunday. A photographer from Winston-Salem, Burns headed to the beach for a relaxing day on the sand, snapping shots and capturing reel. Then he saw two girls being towed away in a rip current and caught the eye of a woman across the beach, calling on him to act.
NHRMC to hold Kids Day for COVID-19 vaccinations
NHRMC to host Kids Day vaccine clinic on Saturday By WECT Staff | May 19, 2021 at 4:03 PM EDT - Updated May 19 at 8:05 PM
WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - A Kids Day COVID-19 vaccination clinic will be held at New Hanover Regional Medical Center Saturday, May 22, to give Pfizer vaccine shots to 12–17-year-old adolescents.
Appointments are not required and parents, friends, and other adult family members can also be vaccinated that day.
Pediatric providers will be available at the clinic throughout the day to answer questions about the vaccine.
The walk-in clinic is being held from 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. at NHRMC’s 17th Street campus at 2131 South 17th Street in Wilmington.