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The future of coronavirus testing is in Greenville, N.C.


The future of coronavirus testing is in Greenville, N.C.
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Diane Bell reads the instructions to an at-home coronavirus test kit in Greenville, N.C. (Melissa Sue Gerrits for The Washington Post)
After a busy day of grocery shopping and other errands, Diane Bell slid into a kitchen chair and took out her at-home coronavirus test kits. She swabbed both her nostrils and mixed a few chemicals, and within a few minutes, a blue line materialized on an indicator strip.
“Negative!” she called out to her partner. It was her seventh test in three weeks, and so far, so good. ....

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Pitt Public Health begins vaccinations: Agency receives first batch of Moderna vaccine for health care workers, first responders and care facilities.


The Pitt County Health Department staff on Wednesday were among the first locally to receive to Moderna COVID-19 vaccine after the agency received its first 900 doses.
The delivery is the second major vaccine delivery in the county since Vidant Medical Center received the Pfizer vaccine last week. While Vidant is vaccinating thousands of health care workers in its system, the health department will be rolling out the medicine to first responders, residential care facilities and medical providers not associated with Vidant.
“I am hoping that this will be the extinguishing agent we need to finally put this fire out and to put COVID astern for us,” Public Health Director John Silvernail said Wednesday morning. ....

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