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RALEIGH The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services today announced more than 50% of adults 18 and older in the state have received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine. More than 43% of the adult population is fully vaccinated against the virus.
This is as significant milestone toward our goal of stopping the spread of COVID-19 and bringing summer back to North Carolina, said NCDHHS Secretary Mandy K. Cohen, M.D. I hope you will join the more than 4 million people who have taken their shot and help put this pandemic behind us.
To date, the state has administered more than 7.4 million vaccines. More than 74% of the population over 65 years of age is fully vaccinated, and nearly 40% of the total population of the state, regardless of age, has received at least one dose.
RALEIGH The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services Division of Health Service Regulation today announced it has made a new temporary pathway available for individuals who worked in nursing homes during the COVID-19 pandemic as temporary nurse aides to be listed on the Nurse Aide I Registry.
Eligible nursing home staff may use their on-the-job training and experience as an equivalency to the traditional classroom training and take the Nurse Aide I competency examination and be listed on the registry after successfully completing it.
In recognition of their on-the-job training and experience during the COVID-19 pandemic, and in an effort to retain a valuable trained workforce, DHSR s Health Care Personnel Education and Credentialing Section established this temporary pathway.
GREENSBORO The federally supported COVID-19 Community Vaccination Center in Greensboro at Four Seasons Town Centre today began offering the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine, which is available in addition to the two-dose Pfizer vaccine already offered.
These tested, safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines will help us get back in control of our lives and back to the people and places we love, said NC Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Mandy Cohen, M.D. Johnson & Johnson vaccine has the added benefit of a one-shot dose to be fully vaccinated. It s easier than ever for people to take their shot against COVID-19.
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People 60 and older, as well as adults with disabilities, are eligible for assistance and can contact aging agencies across the state May 1 through October 31. Since 1986, the relief program has purchased fans for older adults and adults with disabilities, providing them with a more comfortable living environment and reducing heat-related illnesses through the hotter months of the year.
As individuals age and develop chronic medical conditions, they are less likely to sense and respond to changes in temperature. They may also be taking medications that can worsen the impact of extreme heat. Operation Fan Heat Relief helps vulnerable adults at risk for heat-related illnesses stay safe during the summer.