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Health Department: COVID-19 vaccine available locally for children ages 6 months to 4 years
Rowan County Health Department Babies and children ages 6 months to 4 years of age can now receive ...
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Rowan County moved to riskier COVID-19 community level as positive cases increase
SALISBURY — Rowan County has been moved from the Center for Disease Control’s low/green COVID-19 community level to ...
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Health Department: Children 5 to 11 years old now eligible for COVID-19 booster
From the Rowan County Health Department As of Friday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now recommends ...
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Rowan County sees slight increase in COVID-19 cases
SALISBURY — Rowan County has seen a small uptick in the number of positive COVID-19 cases over the ...
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Soldiers Memorial AME Zion Church holding free COVID-19 vaccination, testing event April 23
SALISBURY— Soldiers Memorial AME Zion Church is holding a free COVID-19 drive-thru vaccination and testing event on April 23 ...
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With metrics improving, Rowan Health Department moves to new stage of COVID-19 response
SALISBURY — As Rowan County’s COVID-19 metrics continue to improve from an omicron variant-induced spike, the Health Department ...
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Improving COVID-19 numbers change CDC’s mask recommendation for Rowan County
SALISBURY — With COVID-19 metrics continuing to improve, Rowan County has been reclassified to the lowest and safest ...
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NC lawmakers OK bill giving student opt-out to mask mandates
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH — North Carolina parents could permit their K-12 students to opt ...
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Nearly two dozen COVID-19 outbreaks, clusters as cases decline
SALISBURY — While COVID-19 cases continue a post-omicron decline, state data show nearly two dozen active outbreaks or ...
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COVID-19 cases continue decline from omicron spike
SALISBURY — Daily case numbers have declined for a month, but new state and local COVID-19 positives remain slightly ...
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State eases rules so students can return after COVID-19 exposure
By Gary D. Robertson Associated Press RALEIGH — North Carolina health officials on Thursday eased guidance for K-12 ...
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New local, state COVID-19 cases trending down
SALISBURY — New COVID-19 cases continue to trend downward from a peak on Jan. 10. N.C. Department of ...
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New COVID-19 cases slowing down from peak earlier this month
SALISBURY — State data show COVID-19 cases slowing down somewhat even as the percentage of tests coming back ...
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Health director: Rowan County seeing ‘tsunami’ of COVID-19 cases
SALISBURY — The community is seeing a “tsunami of COVID-19 cases,” says Rowan County Health Director Alyssa Harris. ...
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COVID-19 cases in Rowan close to doubling prior peak
SALISBURY — Local COVID-19 cases are close to doubling the peak during the delta variant spike in late ...
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New state data show COVID-19 booster shot percentage for Rowan, neighboring counties
SALISBURY — About 15% of the county’s residents have received a COVID-19 booster shot, according to new data from ...
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Supreme Court halts COVID-19 vaccine rule for US businesses
By Mark Sherman and Jessica Gresko Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has stopped a major push ...
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Rising COVID-19 cases force Salisbury VA to curtail non-emergency procedures, activate surge plan
SALISBURY — The Salisbury VA says a rising number of COVID-19 positives among veterans and staff will force ...
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‘Our cases are out of control’: Board of Health discusses COVID-19’s omicron surge
SALISBURY — With COVID-19 cases surging, the Board of Health during a virtual meeting on Tuesday night discussed ...
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Rowan County Chamber of Commerce postpones gala to March due to COVID-19
SALISBURY — The Rowan Chamber of Commerce has postponed its 96th Annual Gala Meeting planned for Thursday at ...
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Novant Health testing site reopens as Rowan County COVID-19 cases hit new pandemic high
SALISBURY — With new COVID-19 cases rising and tests in high demand, Novant Health says it will reopen ...
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Ask Us: Readers ask about former Tilley Harley-Davidson site, gain-of-function research, I-85
Editor’s note: Ask Us is a weekly feature published online Mondays and in print on Tuesdays. We’ll seek to ...
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Rowan County COVID-19 cases approaching new pandemic peak
SALISBURY — With omicron spreading more quickly than previous COVID-19 variants, daily case totals in Rowan County are ...
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Catawba College says nearly all students, staff vaccinated in time for classes to begin
SALISBURY – Catawba College will begin this semester with an almost entirely vaccinated campus when classes start on ...
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Salisbury Post names top 10 stories of 2021
COVID-19 vaccinations became widely available last year, with health workers as some of the first local recipients. The ...
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Rowan County reaches 500 COVID-19 deaths since start of pandemic, seventh highest in state
SALISBURY — State data show 500 Rowan County residents have died since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, ...
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Cooper urges boosters, plans worker mandate extension
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH (AP) — With COVID-19-related hospitalizations surging amid the spread of the ...
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State data show 310 deaths from COVID-19 in 2021
SALISBURY — COVID-19 resulted in the deaths of at least 310 Rowan County residents in 2021. The COVID-19 ...