UPDATE: Bladen County vaccine appointments are now full
Bladen County receives additional vaccine By WECT Staff | January 21, 2021 at 10:11 PM EST - Updated January 22 at 12:49 PM
ELIZABETHTOWN, N.C. (WECT) - Bladen County Health Department said all available appointments have been filled after that agency received a limited supply of the COVID-19 vaccine Thursday
The county health department begin accepting the appointments at 9 a.m. Friday and were quickly overwhelmed with phone calls, which led to the agency to plead with the public to call less frequently.
Just before noon, officials took to Facebook to say all appointments had been booked.
Alan Wooten Bladen Journal
ELIZABETHTOWN Coronavirus recoveries went up by six and cases were reduced by three in the daily update Sunday from the Bladen County Health Department.
The net improvement dropped the active case total from a single-day high of 199 on Saturday to 190. Six people remain hospitalized. Since the pandemic began, there have been 1,761 cases, 1,547 recoveries and 24 deaths.
The state Department of Health and Human Services postal ZIP code report lists 596 cases in Elizabethtown and White Lake since the pandemic began; 364 in Bladenboro; 217 in Clarkton; 194 in East Arcadia; 106 in White Oak; 95 in Tar Heel; 50 in Council; 38 in Kelly; and 19 in Dublin.
Bladen County Schools announces plans for second semester
Bladen County Schools announces plans for second semester By WECT Staff | December 15, 2020 at 8:27 AM EST - Updated December 15 at 12:17 PM
BLADEN COUNTY, N.C. (WECT) - Students in Bladen County will return to school in for the second semester in three phases starting Jan. 4., and hopefully entering the final phase in mid-February.
The Bladen County Board of Education voted on the reopening plans based off data collected following Thanksgiving and the possibility of another COVID-19 outbreak following the holidays.
“Based on a review of COVID-19 cases in the county, with a spike being realized after the Thanksgiving Break and an outlook of soaring cases due to the extended break at Christmas, the following recommendation is being made as it relates to the return of students and staff for the beginning of the second semester. Dr. Terri Duncan, Bladen County Health Director, recommended that we consider an extended