By Cece Nunn and Christina Haley O Neal, posted About 7 hours ago Millions of dollars in stimulus funds are coming to communities in the region, and while New Hanover County has adopted an outline for how its estimated $45.4 million could be spent, other governments are at different stages in the planning process.
The city of Wilmington is expected to receive $25.9 million, the result of the $1.9 trillion COVID relief bill President Joe Biden signed in March.
“While the Treasury Department has not yet released guidance for that funding, staff has begun identifying areas where the funding could be used to have the greatest benefit to the community,” said Jennifer Dandron, spokeswoman for the city of Wilmington, in an email.
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Identification is not required when you arrive at a COVID-19 vaccination at the time of a vaccine appointment.
According to New Hanover Chief Communications Officer Jessica Loeper, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services has provided guidance to counties that identification is not required at the time of vaccination, so New Hanover County Public Health does not require an identification card, like a driver’s license, to be vaccinated at one of their sites.
Loeper said to remember, however, that the county does require appointments for vaccines, so when someone arrives at the site they provide their name and Public Health s registration staff confirms they are in the right place at the right time for their vaccine.
Vaccine rollout continues across Southeastern North Carolina
Latest update on vaccine roll-out across the Cape Fear region By Emily Featherston | December 29, 2020 at 6:11 PM EST - Updated December 29 at 7:26 PM
WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - As the third week of North Carolina’s distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine continues, hospitals and health departments are making their way through the list of eligible healthcare workers as pharmacy chains begin getting doses into long-term care facilities.
Statewide, more than 63,500 vaccines have gone into the arms of front-line workers a figure provided by the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services as of 8 p.m. Dec. 28.