COVID-19 Task Force revisits issues of courtroom safety, vaccination priority
Members of the North Carolina Judicial Branch COVID-19 Task Force indicated at a Tuesday online meeting that the group is considering incorporating the County Alert System in guiding court operations in different jurisdictions and pushing for early vaccination for court staff as it drafts recommendations to Chief Justice Cheri Beasley in light of recent case spikes.
Beasley’s recent directives draw from the task force’s recommendations.
The alert system color codes the severity of coronavirus risks in all counties, featuring three metrics — the number of cases in a particular population, the percentage of tests that are positive and hospital capacity. Dr. Erica Wilson from the Department of Health and Human Services introduced the tool at the meeting.