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Beginning Tuesday, adult Forsyth County residents become eligible for a $25 gift card for getting their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine. The Forsyth Health Department said Friday it has 1,000 of the gift cards, which can be used anywhere a debit MasterCard is accepted. People taking someone for their first shot are also offered the gift card, even if they already had their first dose. Drivers are eligible for a card for each person they take for a first dose. The state Department of Health and Human Services said the $25 card for the driver âhelps offset the costs for those who help family, friends and neighbors find their spot for a vaccine and drive them to their shots.â ....
Richard Craver 19 hrs ago Beginning Tuesday, adult Forsyth County residents become eligible for a $25 gift card for getting their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine. The Forsyth Health Department said Friday it has 1,000 of the gift cards, which can be used anywhere a debit MasterCard is accepted. People taking someone for their first shot are also offered the gift card, even if they already had their first dose. Drivers are eligible for a card for each person they take for a first dose. The state Department of Health and Human Services said the $25 card for the driver “helps offset the costs for those who help family, friends and neighbors find their spot for a vaccine and drive them to their shots.” ....
The number of new COVID-19 cases in North Carolina has nearly doubled since Monday. On Thursday, the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services reported 1,187 cases statewide. That s up from 969 cases reported Wednesday and 622 reported Tuesday. Mondayâs daily case count was the lowest since 431 on Aug. 17, although a data-gathering glitch caused that number to be artificially low. Before that, North Carolina had not seen a lower daily number of new cases since May 27, when 488 were reported. With an overall count of 994,734 COVID-19 cases since the pandemic began, the state moved closer to exceeding the 1 million case total. Meanwhile, 48 new cases were reported Thursday in Forsyth â the highest daily total since 53 on May 6 â and up from 22 new cases reported Wednesday. ....
The Guilford County Health Department has become the latest hospital or county health agency to be overwhelmed with demand for the COVID-19 vaccine from individuals ages 75 and older. ....