The parents of a toddler who was found unresponsive at an Island Lake day care and later died have joined with a state representative to make day cares safer, their attorney James C. Pullos said.
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The FDA gave emergency use approval of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine over the weekend and now the CDC has to approve its distribution, expected today, Sunday, Feb. 28. (Port City Daily/File)
SOUTHEASTERN NC Over the weekend the FDA approved the Johnson & Johnson vaccine for emergency use. It now awaits approval from the CDC for distribution. Once that happens, the nation will be gearing up for more supply, as almost 4 million doses will be available immediately, upping vaccine supply to states by 25%. Doses could increase by 20 million by the end of March.
Gov. Roy Cooper and N.C.’s top health official, Mandy Cohen, addressed the one-dose shot at last week’s press conference, saying more information will be communicated this week upon its possible rollout.
Covid-19 numbers continue to track a downward trend on infections as vaccinations rise. (Port City Daily/File)
SOUTHEASTERN NC As vaccinations continue to rise, N.C. continues its downward streak of new cases weekly, according to the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services. Though Saturday, Feb. 20, had more than 3,400 cases in one day 685 were accounted for from numbers at the end of December today the dashboard is reporting 2,500 cases. It’s a vast decline from Feb. 3’s last major spike of more than 12,000 new cases in one day.
Positive tests rose a little this week to 7.1%. positivity test rate, with 840,096 people in the state reported as contracting Covid-19 since March 2020 up by 21,372 since last week.