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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services on Monday updated the COVID-19 County Alert System. The latest map shows 27 counties are currently in the red - a decrease from 61 red counties on the previous report.
State rejects NHMRCâs bid to build hospital in Scotts Hill State rejects NHMRCâs bid to build hospital in Scotts Hill By WECT Staff | February 22, 2021 at 12:30 PM EST - Updated February 22 at 5:16 PM NEW HANOVER CO., N.C. (WECT) - New Hanover Regional Medical Centerâs application to build a 66-bed facility in Scotts Hill has been denied by the state. The North Carolina Department of Health and Services rejected NHRMCâs application for the $210 million project. In its findings, the state wrote in a Feb. 9 letter: âThe applicant does not adequately demonstrate the...
North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper is praising school districts who have opted to return to in-person learning, but he says he won’t sign a bill forcing classrooms to reopen. Cooper says the school reopening bill recently passed by the General Assembly fails on two fronts. He says it does not follow North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services guidelines such as social distancing for middle and high school classrooms. And he adds it handcuffs authorities from making decisions without additional legislation.
RALEIGH â North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper and NCDHHS Secretary Mandy Cohen outlined a timeline for Group 3 frontline workers becoming eligible to receive the Covid-19 vaccine, beginning with anyone working in child care or in PreK â 12 schools, on February 24 during a media briefing on February 10. To be considered a frontline essential worker in child care or schools, an individual must be in-person at their place of work, including staff who anticipate an imminent return to an in-person work setting. Under the timeline outlined, the state plans to move to additional frontline w...
There are 16,900 Catawba County residents who have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.