Health officials in the Pittsburgh, Pa. area said people who recently tested positive for the coronavirus had traveled to Myrtle Beach and other Carolina beach towns.
The bills would have reopened gyms, fitness centers, skating rinks, bowling alleys, amusement parks and entertainment venues. One of the bills would have also allowed for parades and fireworks shows that could violate Phase 2 restrictions.
Thomas Macias wrote a poignant Facebook post about his regret, urging others to follow safety precautions and take the coronavirus pandemic seriously. One day after writing the post, he died, his family says.
Students in Alabama threw COVID-19 parties where infected students were invited and there was a contest over who would get it first, according to officials.
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services awarded five organizations, including the Latin American Coalition of Charlotte, a $100,000 grant to help slow the spread of COVID-19 in the Latinx community.
The new calendar gives students in kindergarten through eighth grade five extra days. The board says it thinks the earlier start will help get students back in the school mindset sooner, in case they have to hop back to online learning.
In mid-June, officials with the state Juvenile Justice section of N.C. Department of Public Safety provided testing to all juveniles in secure custody in the four youth development centers and seven juvenile detention centers operated by the state.
State health officials are urging residents to be vigilant in practicing social distancing and wearing masks to prevent the further spread of COVID-19 amid public health experts’ concerns over the recent rise in COVID-19 data trends in South Carolina.
Within the next couple of weeks, North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper says he will give a directive for reopening schools in the fall after delaying the announcement on Wednesday.
Late Wednesday, the mayor and city council in Tega Cay announced the yearly parade won’t be held after all. The fireworks show is still on, but even that is making some in the town nervous.
Gov. Henry McMaster and state health officials will be holding a press conference Wednesday afternoon on the state’s response to COVID-19. It’s expected to start at 4:30 p.m.
Schools in North Carolina are supposed to start back Aug. 17. There’s no word if schools will reopen through remote learning or if students will return physically back to their schools.
South Carolina continues to break single-day records when it comes to new COVID cases. With a holiday on the horizon, South Carolina’s public health agency is asking for people to stay home.
State health officials are urging residents to be vigilant in practicing social distancing and wearing masks to prevent the further spread of COVID-19 amid public health experts’ concerns over the recent rise in COVID-19 data trends in South Carolina.
There are more than 400 nursing homes in the state with approximately 36,000 residents and more than 30,000 staff. Testing will begin in July and continue through August.
A group of journalists from media outlets across North Carolina made the decision to work together, to hold leaders accountable and find any missing puzzle pieces in the state’s reporting of the pandemic.
The convention was originally set for May in Greenville, but GOP officials delayed the event until July. Now they’ll hold a virtual-only convention to choose delegates to the Republican National Convention and complete other business.
The ordinance will apply only within the limits of the city of Chester. Face masks will be required in public places due to the increase in cases of COVID-19.
Two different people reached out to WBTV saying they were asked to file multiple claims and then were told by separate call support specialists, or legal counsel, that was incorrect procedure.
The increase in fireworks going off at night appears to extend over the last few weeks, or months in some areas, though the reason for the increase also appears to be a bit of a mystery.
Levine Children’s Hospital will open a clinical trial to test the effectiveness of anti-viral drug remdesivir for COVID-19 patients, which the hospital says has shown “promising success.”
Dr. Alex McLain says modeling a virus' spread is like tracking a hurricane. But, the COVID-19 predictions were so off, he says it's like forecasters thought a storm would hit North Carolina but hit Maine instead.
People without masks in public will first be issued a verbal warning, while a city worker will provide them with a free mask, the city said on its website.
North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper has announced that residents are now required to wear face masks in public and the state’s Phase 2 will “pause” and continue for three more weeks as coronavirus cases continue to rise at an alarming rate.
State health officials are urging residents to be vigilant in practicing social distancing and wearing masks to prevent the further spread of COVID-19 amid public health experts’ concerns over the recent rise in COVID-19 data trends in South Carolina.
The report follows a month-long investigation of The Citadel Salisbury, which experienced North Carolina’s worst nursing home outbreak of the disease, by the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services.
Under the order signed by North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper local government buildings and properties are not covered for the mask mandate but it recommends that local governments enact their own policies.
Mecklenburg County is donating 2 million face masks and launching a media campaign about the importance of wearing them as coronavirus trends continue to rise.
Governor Roy Cooper’s new executive order requiring face coverings makes wearing them mandatory for almost any business or retail setting but doesn’t include language that requires them at public places like parks or parties.
Many North Carolina bars have been closed more than 100 days because of COVID-19 restrictions. Many owners believe their businesses should have been included in Phase 2 of the state’s reopening. Now that phase is extended, and bars will be closed at least three more weeks.
Leaders at health systems around the state say a combination of better medical care and larger stockpiles of protective gear mean they can handle surges in COVID-19 patients more effectively today than they could three months ago.
New Orleans Saints player Malcolm Jenkins said football is a “nonessential business” during an interview with CNN on Thursday morning. He stressed he is not comfortable returning to the field with so many uncertainties.
Cunningham said he doesn’t want another shutdown, as he wants businesses to stay open, schools to reopen, and people to stay safe, but wants to get COVID-19 cases under control and slow the spread.
The North Carolina General Assembly has finalized yet another Republican attempt to let more businesses reopen despite Gov. Roy Cooper’s COVID-19 restrictions on commerce.
Atrium Health President and CEO Eugene A. Woods announced a group of business leaders have committed to collectively donating 1 million masks, with an emphasis on getting them into the hands of underserved communities.
North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper announced Wednesday that the state would “pause” in the “safer at home” Phase 2 of reopening for another three weeks.
The South Carolina attorney general is clearing up some confusion over whether individual cities can pass ordinances that require people to wear masks in certain places.
As Governor Cooper orders face masks be word in any public setting where social distancing cannot happen, the Town of Boone had it’s fifth day of living under a similar mandate.
Scholars with Duke University and Duke-NUS weighed in on the challenges of validating, manufacturing, and distributing a vaccine for widespread use quickly.
The North Carolina General Assembly has failed to override Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of a measure that would have allowed gyms and bars to open again despite his executive order keeping them closed due to COVID-19.
SCDHEC told the districts buses could only be half full. Vaughn says the state could not give anymore buses to the district so this plan works with what they have.
Mecklenburg County Commissioners approved a mask mandate for county residents Tuesday night although the specific language and who will be required to abide by it are yet to be determined.
