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A cluster of coronavirus infections was recently identified at Union Pines High School.

Gov. Roy Cooper loosened the statewide mask mandate on Friday, allowing most North Carolinians to stop wearing face coverings in public for the first time in nearly a year. Cooper also ended the state’s social distancing requirements and capacity limits for businesses. His announcement followed new guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which is no longer advising people who have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to wear masks and practice social distancing in most settings. Masks must still be worn in schools, hospitals, nursing homes and “other high-ris...

Older children are now eligible for the coronavirus vaccine in Moore County. On Wednesday, a committee of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention authorized use of Pfizer’s two-dose vaccine on children aged 12 to 15. Garner said the health department can immediately begin administering shots to the younger residents, who account for about 5 percent of the county’s total population. Teenagers as young as 16 have been eligible for vaccination in Moore County since March with consent from a parent or legal guardian. Matt Garner, public information officer for the local health de...

Long-term care workers were among the first people eligible for vaccination against COVID-19 in Moore County, but many of them have yet to receive shots. An average of only 49 percent of employees in nursing homes and assisted living communities had been vaccinated as of March 31, according to data shared by the local health department. Some of the lowest vaccination rates were reported at facilities where multiple residents died amid coronavirus outbreaks last year. The department’s data showed that just 26 percent of staff were vaccinated at The Greens, a Pinehurst nursing home that is...

Despite having recently extended eligibility to all adults, Moore County is seeing reduced demand for the coronavirus vaccine. Fewer residents are signing up for shots through the local health department. Robert Wittmann, director of the department, said the county appears to be approaching a “saturation point of the willing.” “The supply has come to the point where we’re overtaking the current demand,” Wittmann said during Monday’s meeting of the Moore County Board of Health. FirstHealth of the Carolinas, the county’s largest medical provider, is reporting ...