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Randy Tobler: Last night, there was an urgent message that went out through the Department of Health and Senior Services that said that requests that had been made by hospitals like ours for the Moderna vaccine were not going to be honored because they got less shipment than they thought they were going to get from the feds. And so they had to then re-allocate, and because roughly four percent of the cases are in nursing homes and long-term care facilities, yet those patients account for 50 percent of the deaths in the state, they wanted to re-allocate the limited supplies to those areas. We d made a request for a hundred doses a few weeks ago. Based on the latest information in the call we had today, we understood that nothing was going to be shipped to anyone who had requested it. And lo and behold around 3:30 this afternoon, all 100 doses arrived. And I think what happened was probably they were already in transit through the supply chain, through the distributor. It w
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RALEIGH â Seventeen short-line railroads will soon make improvements to their infrastructure thanks to about $16.7 million in matching grants being awarded as part of the N.C. Department of Transportationâs Freight Rail and Rail Crossing Safety Improvement program.
The program supports rail infrastructure health, safety and performance throughout the state, enabling NCDOT to partner with rail companies on improvement projects. The partnership helps railroads meet customer needs in an efficient and cost-effective manner while also preparing them for growing service demands and partnerships with new businesses and industries.
The projects will provide more than $32 million in rail infrastructure improvements statewide.
The NJDOT is handing out $29 million in grants for railroad projects.
Seventeen short line railroads in North Carolina will soon be making improvements to their infrastructure thanks to approximately $16.7 million in matching grant funds being awarded as part of the N.C. Department of Transportation’s Freight Rail and Rail Crossing Safety Improvement program (FRRCSI).
FRRCSI supports rail infrastructure health, safety and performance throughout the state, enabling NCDOT to partner with rail companies on improvement projects. This partnership helps railroads meet customer needs in an efficient and cost-effective manner while also preparing them for growing service demands and partnerships with new businesses and industries across the state.
Here are the 65 North Carolina counties now in the red zone on state s COVID risk map Simone Jasper, The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
Dec. 22 About two-thirds of North Carolina s 100 counties are seeing critical community spread of the coronavirus ahead of Christmas, according to state health officials.
Sixty-five counties are in the red zone on the statewide COVID-19 map, the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services said Tuesday.
That s a jump from 48 counties listed in the most critical tier on Dec. 8.
Counties land in the red zone when they report more than 200 cases per 100,000 people in a two-week period. Areas in this category also see a high impact on local hospitals or a positive test rate of more than 10%, according to the state.