After weeks of distributing the COVID-19 vaccine on a first-come, first-serve basis, the Rowan County Health Department announced on Sunday that it would switch to an appointment model.
A screenshot of Tuesday s Rowan County Fiscal Court meeting.
Rowan County COVID-19 case reports continue to be in the high teens and low 20s, despite testing being down.
Judge-Executive Harry Clark started the yearâs first Fiscal Court meeting Tuesday by announcing the county has had a total of 1,620 positive cases, including 1,469 recovered cases and nine deaths. The current seven-day running total is 102, keeping Rowan in the red area with a total of 142 active cases.
âItâs still a threat. You see other hospitals around the United States, around the world actually, overwhelmed,â said Clark. âWeâre trying our very best to limit the spread. I donât know whether you get it or you donât get it, but what we got to do is space this out where we donât have to stack our patients up in the parking lot of the hospital.â
Former worker with Rowan Emergency Services charged with stealing morphine from vehicle William Buckley Stout was charged. (Source: Rowan Sheriff s Office) By David Whisenant | January 21, 2021 at 10:36 AM EST - Updated January 21 at 10:36 AM
ROWAN COUNTY, N.C. (WBTV) - A former worker with Rowan County Emergency Services has been charged with stealing morphine from a vehicle.
According to the arrest warrant, police in Salisbury charged William Buckley Stout with embezzlement of a controlled substance by an employee.
The warrant states that Stout “did embezzle or fraudulently and willfully misapply or divert to his own use, made away with or secrete, with intent to embezzle or fraudulently use and misapply or divert to his or her own use or other unauthorized/illegal use a controlled substance which shall have come to his or her possession or under his or her care, to wit, removal of a 10 mg vial of morphine that was not assigned to his vehicle and forging the name of a
Rowan man who lost parents to COVID-19 appreciates memorial services
From the nationâs capital to the Governorâs mansion in Raleigh, many are honoring those who have died
Executive mansion lighting to honor COVID-19 victims By David Whisenant | January 19, 2021 at 5:14 PM EST - Updated January 19 at 6:23 PM
SALISBURY, N.C. (WBTV) - Across the country and in the nationâs capital on Tuesday, millions are stopping to pay tribute to the memory of those who have lost their lives to COVID-19. In the US that death toll is now at more than 400,000. Two of that number were Johnny and Cathy Peoples of Rowan County.
Drive thru vaccine clinic scheduled for Wednesday in Rowan County
Rowan County distributes vaccine on first-come, first-served basis The parking lot opened at 6:00 am and there were dozens of cars already waiting to get in. (Source: David Whisenant-WBTV) By David Whisenant | January 20, 2021 at 6:54 AM EST - Updated January 20 at 7:08 AM
ROWAN COUNTY, N.C. (WBTV) - Cars lined up before 6:00 am on Wednesday for the 9:30 opening of the drive thru COVID-19 vaccine clinic at the West End Plaza in Salisbury. It’s the first vaccine clinic since last week.
Anyone hoping to get the vaccine is asked to enter West End Plaza from the intersection of Statesville Boulevard and Admiral Drive (directly in front of Food Lion). You must