Mecklenburg County Approves Countywide Mask Mandate To Take Effect On Aug 28
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Charlotte Reimposes Mask Mandate As Delta Variant Surges Across North Carolina
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Mecklenburg County health director Gibbie Harris has announced that she will retire at the end of the year, after nearly four years in the role. This has been a difficult decision for me, Harris told county commissioners at their meeting Wednesday night. Public health is my passion. This county has been good to public health since I ve been here.
Harris became Mecklenburg’s health director in 2017, after working for years as the health director in Buncombe and Wake counties. Deputy Public Health Director Raynard Washington will replace Harris beginning in January 2022.
The announcement comes after more than a year in which Harris has been the public face of the fight against COVID-19 in the county. On March 24, under Harris leadership, Mecklenburg County became the first county in North Carolina to issue a stay-at-home order, a decision Harris said she and other leaders did not arrive at lightly. Gov. Roy Cooper issued a statewide stay-at-home order three days later.