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Coronavirus Today – April 13 – Pressure mounts to ease restrictions, pandemic-related prison releases, volunteer health corps growing
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 theApr 13, 2020
Coronavirus Today – April 9 – Grocery store executive order, lawmakers start to write relief bills, speeding up unemployment relief
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.Apr 9, 2020
Coronavirus Today – April 3 – Cooper urges people to stay home, Atrium and Novant ask for a field hospital
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 fromApr 3, 2020
N.C. domestic violence shelters awaiting a surge
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 areApr 3, 2020
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