âThe worst perfect storm.â How the second COVID surge is ravaging NC nursing homes. Jodi Cooper is a nurse who works in the COVID unit at Olde Knox Commons in Huntersville, NC. The facility has been in outbreak status for about a month. (Source: Jeff Siner JSINER@CHARLOTTEOBSERVER.COM) By Alison Kuznitz | January 9, 2021 at 10:44 AM EST - Updated January 9 at 10:50 AM
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (Charlotte Observer) - For nearly all of the pandemic, not a single resident at Olde Knox Commons tested positive for COVID-19, even as the virus ravaged other nursing homes and long-term care facilities across Mecklenburg County, officials say.
Mecklenburg County Public Health receives COVID-19 vaccine The vaccine arrived Tuesday and health officials say paramedics from Mecklenburg EMS and Public Health vaccine staff will be first in line to receive it. (Source: Mecklenburg County) By WBTV Web Staff | December 16, 2020 at 2:37 PM EST - Updated December 22 at 4:56 PM
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - Mecklenburg County Public Health Department has officially received the COVID-19 vaccine.
The vaccine arrived Tuesday and health officials say paramedics from Mecklenburg EMS and Public Health vaccine staff will be first in line to receive it.
The department is one of three health departments in North Carolina to receive the initial Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, the county confirmed to WBTV.