COVID cluster reported at NC police department days after vaccine event, officials say Simone Jasper, The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.) Jan. 16—A coronavirus cluster was reported at a North Carolina police department the same week it participated in a COVID-19 vaccine clinic, officials say. Six people within the Waynesville Police Department received positive COVID-19 test results, the Haywood County Health & Human Services said Friday in a news release. Two days earlier, "several" police department workers received their first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, according to officials. The health department didn't say whether those who participated in the clinic also tested positive.