County begins Group 3 COVID-19 vaccines as cases continue to decline
The county health department is seeing an influx of residents turning out to receive their COVID-19 vaccines after the state jumpstarted another group's eligibility to receive them last week. Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of last week, local frontline essential workers received COVID-19 vaccines for the first time after Gov. Roy Cooper's March 2 press conference where he announced the new group would be eligible to receive vaccines beginning March 3. Group 3 workers include those employed in child care and school settings, as well as those working in public safety, critical manufact...