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COVID-19 affected NC’s rural economies long before the first confirmed cases arrived there

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COVID-19 affected NC’s rural economies long before the first confirmed cases arrived there - North Carolina Health News

North Carolina’s coronavirus control measures have strained the state’s already weaker rural economies, data from the first wave of unemployment claims shows.

By Liora Engel-Smith In mid-March, the pandemic that now encompasses every county in the state seemed like a decidedly urban problem. As of March 16, North Carolina’s 33 confirmed cases were concentrated in population centers: the Triangle, the greater Charlotte area and micro counties — areas with smaller cities. But even without confirmed cases, rural […]

shows three politicians who are usually at odds on the same dias, they're there in order to sign bills to provide COVID relief

Coronavirus Today – May 4 – Pandemic politics, slow re-opening, prison COVID plan

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Coronavirus Today – May 4 – Pandemic politics, slow re-opening, prison COVID plan - North Carolina Health News

Gov. Roy Cooper joined with rival legislative leaders to get a coronavirus relief plan across the finish line.

By North Carolina Health News staff Kumbaya pandemic politics The COVID-19 pandemic has swept so much abnormality through this state that North Carolinians could be forgiven if they failed to do a few extra blinks of astonishment when Gov. Roy Cooper signed a $1.5 billion relief pandemic package into law midday. The Republican House and […]

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‘Our lives on the line’: Service industry workers contend with coronavirus

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‘Our lives on the line’: Service industry workers contend with coronavirus - North Carolina Health News

From layoffs to working in jobs where they can’t self-isolate, the coronavirus pandemic poses unique challenges for many workers in the service industry.

By Liora Engel-Smith Twice a week, Tiffany Patterson drives herself to BioLife Plasma Services where a phlebotomist threads a needle into a vein in her arm. Then the Charlotte resident waits around — sometimes for an hour, sometimes less — for the plasmapheresis machine to extract the yellowish fluid from her body. The center pays […]

Gov. Cooper walks to a podium with flags in the background. He's at a coronavirus (COVID-19) briefing.

Coronavirus Today – April 21 – New pandemic plans soon, salute a lab worker, nursing home, prison outbreaks

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Coronavirus Today – April 21 – New pandemic plans soon, salute a lab worker, nursing home, prison outbreaks - North Carolina Health News

With a little more than a week left for stay-at-home order, plans are being finalized for what’s next.

By North Carolina Health News staff Stay tuned: More orders coming Gov. Roy Cooper will give North Carolinians a better idea later this week about what happens after April 29, when the current stay-at-home order expires. The governor just issued an executive order that makes people who are temporarily out of a job and a […]

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Coronavirus Today – April 13 – Pressure mounts to ease restrictions, pandemic-related prison releases, volunteer health corps growing

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Coronavirus Today – April 13 – Pressure mounts to ease restrictions, pandemic-related prison releases, volunteer health corps growing - North Carolina Health News

Officials said Monday that the strict social distancing measures in North Carolina are slowing the spread of the virus, even as they face pressure to reopen the state economy.

By North Carolina Health News staff Talks underway about how to open state again Gov. Roy Cooper offered a glimmer of hope to North Carolinians wondering how much longer the stay-at-home order will be in place. Cooper and Mandy Cohen, the state secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, stressed that all the […]

Gov. Cooper walks past Mandy Cohen at a coronavirus briefing

Coronavirus Today – April 9 – Grocery store executive order, lawmakers start to write relief bills, speeding up unemployment relief  

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Coronavirus Today – April 9 – Grocery store executive order, lawmakers start to write relief bills, speeding up unemployment relief   - North Carolina Health News

Gov. Cooper’s latest executive order attempts to help bring relief to the hundreds of thousands of claims for unemployment benefits that have come in during March and April.

By North Carolina Health News staff  Gov. Roy Cooper issued his much-heralded executive order that will limit how many people will be allowed in grocery and retail stores beginning Monday and add more stringent contagion controls for nursing homes, as news arose of a COVID-19 outbreak in Rutherford County and other areas in the state. […]

Gov. Roy Cooper is stepping up to the podium before his talk about coronavirus control measures at a press briefing Friday.

Coronavirus Today – April 3 – Cooper urges people to stay home, Atrium and Novant ask for a field hospital

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Coronavirus Today – April 3 – Cooper urges people to stay home, Atrium and Novant ask for a field hospital - North Carolina Health News

NC officials have said they are fighting the coronavirus pandemic on many fronts and have implored the public to do their part and stay home.

By North Carolina Health News staff As Gov. Roy Cooper announced that North Carolina has gone beyond 2,000 cases of COVID-19 and lost 19 people to the highly contagious virus, he urged people to heed his stay-at-home order, especially as meteorologists forecast nice weather for the weekend. “I know it’s tempting to get away from […]

An out stretched hand seeking help. This is used to illustrate domestic violence survivors seeking support during COVID-19

N.C. domestic violence shelters awaiting a surge

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N.C. domestic violence shelters awaiting a surge - North Carolina Health News

Many shelters report little increase in domestic violence calls but say that is about to change as isolation caused by the coronavirus leads to abuse.

By Greg Barnes  In Wake and many other counties across North Carolina, emergency calls to domestic violence shelters have remained relatively flat as the coronavirus continues its spread. And that has advocates for abuse victims extremely worried. The state has ordered residents to stay in their homes. Many people have lost their jobs. Children are […]

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