Onslow County officials continue to adjust personnel to efficiently administer their stock of COVID-19 vaccinations and in doing so, they have decided to shut down their phone lines for the remainder of the week.
The Onslow County Citizens Phone Bank will be closed Thursday, Jan. 21 and Friday, Jan 22. as residents will not be able to schedule new vaccination appointments. Officials made the announcement Wednesday afternoon in order to free up staffing so they can complete previous callers vaccine schedules and help with the county s transition into a more streamlined scheduling system.
A news release from the county is quoted as saying, staff manning the citizen s phone bank are normally assigned other jobs. Additionally, other staff have been assigned tasks associated with the administration of the vaccine. The closure will allow the existing staff to dedicate time to the newly available appointments and to learn the new software.
Announcements for Thursday, Jan. 7:
Onslow County has received new positive cases of COVID-19 as of Jan. 6. Positive cases now total 10,209, with 80 deaths and 8,758 cleared. Onslow County is at 14.8% positive, while the state is at 17.8% positive.
For specific demographic data, the state website now includes additional local demographic information at https://covid19.ncdhhs.gov/dashboard/cases and a local view of testing and percent positive tests at https://covid19.ncdhhs.gov/dashboard/testing. The total reported by the state for Onslow County is often about a day or so behind our county’s verified totals.
Covid-19 vaccinations are available for persons 75 years or older, call the Citizens Phone Bank at 910-989-5027 to register for an appointment.
Announcements for Friday, Dec. 25:
Onslow County has received new positive cases of COVID-19 as of Dec. 23. Positive cases now total 8,449, with 61 deaths, 7,502 cleared. Onslow County is at 12.2% positive, while the state is at 10.2% positive.
For specific demographic data, the state website now includes additional local demographic information at https://covid19.ncdhhs.gov/dashboard/cases and a local view of testing and percent positive tests at https://covid19.ncdhhs.gov/dashboard/testing. The total reported by the state for Onslow County is often about a day or so behind our county’s verified totals.
Covid-19 testing sites to get tested in Onslow County. Visit https://covid19.ncdhhs.gov/./testing/find-my-testing-place