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SITUATION UPDATE: JANUARY 19
Daily Update:
COVID-19 Vaccinations:
COVID-19 Testing & Treatment:
ICYMI:
For a full list of the Department’s videos on COVID-19 and COVID-19 vaccines, visit the NCDHHS YouTube Channel. Videos can also be downloaded for use on the NCDHHS Vimeo Channel.
For more information and updates on COVID-19, visit covid19.ncdhhs.gov and nc.gov/covid19. Those with COVID-19 vaccine questions can call the COVID-19 Vaccine Help Center at 1-888-675-4567, or visit YourSpotYourShot.nc.gov.
- The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services will host a live fireside chat and tele-town hall on Jan. 20 from 6 to 7 p.m. to discuss COVID-19 vaccines, boosters, testing and more. Details.
- Governor Roy Cooper and NCDHHS Secretary Kody Kinsley visited and toured a COVID-19 vaccine and testing site hosted by Kinston Teens, a youth-led nonprofit organization, and the City of Kinston. Read more.
- NCDHHS updated the COVID-19 vaccination dashboard to better show how many people in North Carolina are up to date with current COVID-19 vaccination recommendations. Read more.
- We want to hear from you: Please take the NCDHHS Dashboard Survey.
COVID-19 Vaccinations:
- A free COVID-19 vaccine is available to all who want it. Vaccination is now open to everyone 5 and older. Visit MySpot.nc.gov to find a location.
- To strengthen and extend protections against COVID-19, boosters are now available to all North Carolinians 12 and older. You should get a booster as soon as you are eligible.
- If you received the Pfizer or Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, you can get your booster five months after your second shot. If you received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, you can get your booster two months after your shot.
- You can choose any brand of COVID-19 vaccine for your booster shot. Limited preliminary evidence suggests that booster doses of one of the two mRNA vaccines — Moderna or Pfizer — more effectively raise antibody levels than a booster dose of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.
- The CDC also recommends a third dose of Pfizer for children ages 5 to 11 who have compromised immune systems.
- To learn more about boosters and to find a spot to take your shot, go here.
- For more information on the COVID-19 vaccines, visit YourSpotYourShot.nc.gov or call the COVID-19 Vaccine Help Center for free at 1-888-675-4567.
COVID-19 Testing & Treatment:
- If you develop symptoms, get tested immediately and isolate until you receive your test results. If you test positive, follow isolation recommendations. If you do not develop symptoms, get tested at least five days after you last had close contact with someone with COVID-19.
- To find a testing site near you, visit ncdhhs.gov/GetTested. For an up-to-date list of no-cost community testing events, visit the No-Cost Testing Events webpage. Additionally, all North Carolinians can request a free at-home COVID-19 testing kit.
- While vaccines provide the best protection from COVID-19, very limited treatments are available and, per federal guidance, prioritized for those at high-risk for severe illness or hospitalization. Ask your doctor about treatment options or call the Combat COVID Monoclonal Antibodies Call Center at 1-877-332-6585 (English) or 1-877-366-0310 (Spanish), or find treatment near you.
ICYMI:
- In the face of nationwide competition for testing supplies and shortages of testing staff, NCDHHS is pulling all available levers to support existing testing sites, to open more sites across the state and to increase access to at-home collection kits. Read more.
- The FDA now authorizes and the CDC recommends individuals who received the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine get a booster dose after five months. Read more.
- With COVID-19 cases reaching pandemic highs, NCDHHS urges K-12 schools to promote vaccination and boosters for students and staff and require students and staff wear masks indoors to keep students in the classroom and limit the risk of COVID-19 transmission. Read more.
- The CDC announced it recommends the Pfizer COVID-19 booster for children ages 12 to 15 to further protect them from COVID-19. Read more.
- NCDHHS announced it will issue the first round of Student Pandemic Electronic Benefits Transfer benefits for students eligible between the months of September and November 2021. Read more.
For a full list of the Department’s videos on COVID-19 and COVID-19 vaccines, visit the NCDHHS YouTube Channel. Videos can also be downloaded for use on the NCDHHS Vimeo Channel.
For more information and updates on COVID-19, visit covid19.ncdhhs.gov and nc.gov/covid19. Those with COVID-19 vaccine questions can call the COVID-19 Vaccine Help Center at 1-888-675-4567, or visit YourSpotYourShot.nc.gov.