The Town of Knightdale is providing free face masks to residents in an effort to support the face covering requirement mandated by the Governor of North Carolina, and to assist residents who may not have access to face coverings. Residents can pick up their masks at one of our three fire stations between 9:00 a.m. […]
With a mask mandate in place for North Carolina, you have probably found yourself wearing your cloth masks A LOT. But are you washing them properly? Check out these instructions from the CDC. Cloth face coverings are an additional step to help slow the spread of COVID-19 when combined with every day preventive actions and social distancing in public […]
Residents of the 27610 ZIP code will have the chance to pick up free, protective face masks thanks to a collaboration between WakeMed, Wake County and the City of Raleigh. The pilot program aims to distribute 30,000 masks at locations within the community, by volunteers and community leaders over the coming weeks. Over 5,000 masks […]
As of Friday at 5 p.m., everyone in the state of North Carolina must wear a face mask in public after a mandate issued by Governor Cooper. Effective June 26 at 5 p.m., face coverings are required for both customers and employees of open businesses, including restaurants, grocery stores, pharmacies, salons and other retail businesses. They […]
A man was escorted off of a Frontier Flight from LAX to Denver after refusing to wear a mask. Police were called in to remove the man after the crew asked him repeatedly to wear a mask. The man refused to comply. While there is no federal mandate to wear masks on planes, Frontier requires […]
Starting Friday, feel free to give the evil eye to people not wearing masks in public in Raleigh. Yesterday, Mayor Mary-Ann Baldwin ordered people to wear masks in public as of Friday afternoon. Locations where masks will be required are: Grocery stores Pharmacies Business locations Parking lots and sidewalks Public transit Face coverings will not […]
Starting at 5pm on Friday, Orange County is requesting that citizens wear face masks in most public situations. Customers employees and other people going to restaurants, grocery stores and retails stores while they are indoors. All people inside public transportation vehicles. Anyone in an indoor/outdoor situation where they cannot maintain a six foot physical distance […]
Starting May 4th, your face needs to be covered up if you want to shop in Costco. Starting May 4th, the store says that all customers need to be wearing a mask. This won’t apply to children ages 2 and younger or to people with medical conditions that can’t have their mouths and noses covered. […]
Starting Tuesday, The Fresh Market, a North Carolina-based grocery chain, will require all shoppers to wear some sort of face covering. Facebook: The Karen Clark Instagram: @TheKarenClark Twitter/Snapchat: @The_KarenClark YouTube: The Karen Clark
CDC continues to study the spread and effects of the novel coronavirus across the United States. We now know from recent studies that a significant portion of individuals with coronavirus lack symptoms (“asymptomatic”) and that even those who eventually develop symptoms (“pre-symptomatic”) can transmit the virus to others before showing symptoms. This means that the virus can […]
