TO Schedule your Covid-19 VACCINATION for Watauga County go to: COVID-19 Vaccinations – AppHealthCare

AVERY County Press Release: Avery County and the Avery County Health Department are proud to announce COVID-19 vaccines are now available for anyone 65 years or older at the Agriculture Extension Center (661 Vale Road above Ingles in Newland),  on January 20 –  January 22 from 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m.   No appointments are necessary.  Please bring your insurance card and wear appropriate clothing for easy access to have the vaccination in your upper arm.  Masks are required. If you have a bleeding disorder or are on blood thinners, please contact your physician for written documentation to receive the vaccine. For questions concerning the vaccine, please call 828-733-8273. COVID-19 Latest Update:https://files.nc.gov/covid/documents/NCDHHS-Secretarial-Directive-January-6-2021.pdf

NC eased restrictions: Practice the 3Ws: Wear a Mask, Wait 6 feet, & Wash and sanitize! Thank you

Governor Roy Cooper and North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Dr. Mandy Cohen today announced that North Carolina’s numbers continue to show improvement and vaccine distribution increases, Governor Roy Cooper announced today that the state will carefully ease some of its COVID-19 restrictions. EXECUTIVE ORDER 195: Executive Order 195-Easing-Restrictions.pdf (nc.gov) Executive Order No. 195 FAQ (nc.gov) Effective 5 p.m. Feb. 26, 2021, this order:

• Lifts the Modified Stay at Home Order established under Executive Order 181
• Still requires face coverings in all public indoor settings
• Allows many businesses to operate at 50% capacity
• Extends onsite service of alcohol until 11 p.m.
• Lifts the 100-person cap on some businesses that were operating at 30% capacity
• Allows some indoor businesses – including bars and taverns, indoor amusement parks, movie theaters and indoor sports arenas – to open at 30% capacity (with a cap of 250 people)
• Allows larger indoor arenas with a capacity of more than 5,000 people to open at 15% capacity with no cap (as long as additional safety protocols in place)
• Increases the indoor mass gathering limit to 25 people (the outdoor mass gathering limit remains at 50 people)

EXECUTIVE ORDER 180: https://files.nc.gov/governor/documents/files/EO180-Face-Coverings-Requirements.pdf FACTS PAGE: https://files.nc.gov/governor/documents/files/EO-180-FAQ.pdf