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Improving Ventilation in Your Home
Staying home with only members of your household is the best way to keep SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19) particles out of your home. However, if you are planning on hosting visitors, improving ventilation (air flow) can help prevent virus particles from accumulating in the air in your home.
Below are ways you can improve ventilation in your home. Use as many ways as you can (open windows, use air filters, and turn on fans) to help clear out virus particles in your home faster.
Bring as much fresh air into your home as possible.
Bringing fresh, outdoor air into your home helps keep virus particles from accumulating inside. - If it’s safe to do so, open doors and windows as much as you can to bring in fresh, outdoor air. While it’s better to open them wide, even having a window cracked open slightly can help.
- If you can, open multiple doors and windows to allow more fresh air to move inside.
- Do not open windows and doors if doing so is unsafe for you or others (for example, presence of young children and pets, risk of falling, triggering asthma symptoms, high levels of outdoor pollution).
- If opening windows or doors is unsafe, consider other approaches for reducing virus particles in the air, such as using air filtration and bathroom and stove exhaust fans.
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Help Improve Survival for People with Cardiac ArrestRACE CARS Trial
(RAndomized Cluster Evaluation of Cardiac ARest Systems)
Orange County is participating in a Duke led study to improve the survival for people with cardiac arrest. The community’s insight and participation will help to improve survival for people with cardiac arrest.
Orange County EMS is hosting a collaborative event for members of the community, including local fire and law enforcement agencies, to discuss methods of improvement. The objective of this meeting is to help identify ways that Orange County can improve cardiac arrest response for and with the community, be it finding ways to offer more CPR education, assistance obtaining AEDs, or more.
DATE: Monday, May 23rd 2022 at 3:30 p.m.
LOCATION: The Bonnie B Davis Environment and Agricultural Center at 1020 US Highway 70W in Hillsborough. It is located across from the DMV on Hwy 70.SIGN UP VIA EMAIL, PHONE OR ON-LINE:
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How are you feeling?
Visit "How Right Now," an initiative that aims to address people’s feelings of grief, loss and worry during the COVID-19 pandemic. The site provides mental health resources and offers ideas for ways to cope with COVID-19 related stress. |
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COVID-19 Vaccine Clinics
Vaccines are free, and no ID is required! Walk-ins are welcome! If you are coming for your second dose, or a booster please bring your vaccination card with the record of your previous doses. Visit our COVID-19 Vaccine page for the most up-to-date information: www.orangecountync.gov/getyourshot, or call (919) 913-8088 with any questions.
Ages 5 and up can be vaccinated! To make an appointment call (919) 913-8088 or visit https://takemyshot.nc.gov.
Chapel Hill
Southern Human Services Center
2501 Homestead Rd, Chapel Hill, NC
Monday - Friday, 8:30am - 4:30pm
Appointments encouraged but walk-ins also accepted.
***Ages 5 and up.
***Moderna, J&J, and Pfizer vaccines are available.
Hillsborough
Bonnie B. Davis Environment & Agricultural Center
1020 US Hwy 70 W., Hillsborough, NC
Friday and Saturday 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
Appointments encouraged but walk-ins also accepted.
***Ages 5 and up.
***Moderna and Pfizer vaccines are available.
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Free COVID-19 Testing
Testing in Hillsborough
Monday through Friday from 9 am to 4 pm - Drive thru testing takes place in the parking lot in front of the Dept. of Social Services (DSS) at 113 Mayo St., Hillsborough, NC 27278.
- Registration is strongly recommended and may be done online: mako.exchange/scheduler/registration/?location=7087 You may also call (919) 913-8088 to register weekdays from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm. Walk-in are also welcome.
- Your Booking ID will be valid any day during clinic hours and is reusable.
- Mako offers only PCR tests.
Testing in Chapel Hill
Monday through Friday from 7 am to 3pm
Saturday from 9 am to 4 pm |
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North Carolina COVID-19 Cases
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) reports 2,715,798 COVID-19 cases, 24,627 deaths and 471 hospitalizations. 63% of North Carolina's population is up to date on their COVID-19 vaccination.
There are currently 28,744 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 134 deaths in Orange County.
Orange County COVID-19 vaccinations:
Percentage of Population Vaccinated with at least One Dose: 79%
Percentage of Population Vaccinated with Two Doses or one Dose J&J: 77%
Percentage of Population Vaccinated with One Booster/ Additional Dose: 54%
For more information regarding live updates (NCDHHS updates the site every day around noon), please visit the NCDHHS website.
Orange County Health Department also has a COVID-19 dashboard webpage, with information on COVID-19 data in the county.
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