Health
Beginning March 7, CMS students will no longer be required to wear masks indoors. The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools board unanimously voted to lift the mask mandate on Tuesday, Feb. 22. The board is following state and local COVID-19 mask recommendations. Due to federal regulations, masks will still be required on buses. Individual students, staff, and visitors […]
Mecklenburg County’s mask mandate will be ending Saturday, Feb. 26. The decision comes after the Mecklenburg County Board of Commissioners voted to end the indoor mask requirement during Wednesday’s meeting. The public health rule went into effect last August following the surge of the delta variant. Will you still be wearing your mask? Read the […]
Mecklenburg County leaders will vote on whether or not to drop the current indoor mask mandate during Wednesday’s Board of County Commissioners meeting. Mecklenburg County Health Director Dr. Raynard Washington is expected to recommend that the mask mandate be dropped. The vote will follow after Washington’s recommendation. The mandate has been in effect since August, following the […]
As some states begin to lift mask mandates, school mask requirements are now in question. North Carolina House Speaker Tim Moore announced Friday, Feb. 11 that Republicans are planning to propose new legislation that would get rid of mask requirements in schools. Currently, mask rules are up to local governments and school boards. Mecklenburg County […]
COVID-19 cases in Mecklenburg County are slowly decreasing. These decreasing numbers could cause Mecklenburg County leaders to recommend lifting the current mask mandate. The county announced in today’s Mecklenburg County Board of County Commissioners meeting that they could recommend rescinding the mandate by next Wednesday. Although masks may no longer be mandatory soon, remember to […]
Publix stores in Charlotte could have free N95 masks avalaible as early as next week. The N95 masks are scheduled to start shipping to Publix pharmacies this weekend. Publix spokesman Jared Glover said that stores will have a table set-up to distribute up to three masks per customer. The masks will be avaliable while supplies last. Read […]
Mecklenburg County will resume giving out free COVID-19 test kits beginning Feb. 7. Residents will be able to once again pick them up from county libraries. According to the health department, the distribution is possible due to an additional supply of the antigen kits being delivered earlier in the week. Test distribution locations and times are listed […]
Anyone who has been to the emergency room recently would probably agree that the hospitals are slammed with patients. To help combat the number of overcrowded emergency departments, Atrium Health has opened a new location in Mountain Island. It is located at the Highway 16 and Mt. Holly-Huntersville Road intersection, near the Mountain Island Marketplace […]
If you don’t want to wait for those free COVID-19 tests you ordered online, you may be able to grab a couple on Saturday. Beginning tomorrow from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m, Mecklenburg County Public Health will distribute a limited number of free at-home COVID-19 tests. Tests can be picked up from the following locations: […]
More COVID-19 testing sites are opening around Mecklenburg County today. Avoid the long wait times at other locations by checking out some of the new sites below. Read the full story here. Park Expo Center 2500 E Independence Blvd, Charlotte, NC, 28205 Mon. – Frid. 8 a.m. – 4 p.m First Baptist Church of Cornelius […]
The plan to distribute 400 million free N95 masks to Americans under President Biden’s Administration begins this week. Each adult will be eligible to receive three free masks. The non-surgical N95 masks are designed to filter out 95% of particles. Walgreens and CVS will be distributing a select number of masks this week. It could take […]
With new COVID-19 variants becoming more contagious, it may be time to toss that cloth mask out for a medical-grade one. Starting next week, the Biden Administration will begin making 400 million N95 masks available to Americans at no cost. Masks will be available for pickup at pharmacies and community health centers. Distrubtion will start […]
