As the Delta variant spreads, health officials emphasize the importance of keeping kids safe
With the Delta variant still spreading, health officials encourage more people to get vaccinated and for parents to keep protecting their kids.
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NIH director says there is no need for booster shots yet
NIH Director Dr. Francis Collins says Pfizer may be getting ahead of itself in applying for emergency use authorization for a booster dose of its COVID-19 vaccine.
City of Columbia’s sanitation trucks wrapped with COVID-19 awareness message
City of Columbia's Public Works Department unveiled the new design wraps with vaccination messages
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)–The City of Columbia is using its sanitation trucks to bring COVID-19 awareness to the streets. Mayor Steve Benjamin and the City’s Public Works Department unveiled the new design wraps with vaccination messages to help encourage everyone in the midlands to get vaccinated. The messages were put on the sanitation trucks as part of the “It’s Your Shot,…
Prisma Health: Delta Variant on the rise in SC, COVID-19 Vaccine sites available
Prisma Health is offering COVID-19 vaccine clinics and mobile sites
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– This week, Doctors with Prisma Health discussed the increase of the Delta variant in our state, as well as what parents need to know as back to school time approaches. Local doctors say the majority of the 50% increase in cases over the past week are from the Delta variant. They urge folks to get their vaccine,…
Richland County holds memorial to remember lives lost to coronavirus
Richland County leaders and residents gathered Thursday evening for the memorial service
Richland Co., SC (WOLO) — Dozens of Richland County leaders and residents came together Thursday night to take a moment and remember those who’ve lost their lives to coronavirus since the start of the pandemic in 2020. Multiple people got yp to speak about the virus that has not only impacted their individual lives, but also the hundreds of lives…
SC given over $800,000 in American Rescue Plan funds to help mitigate the spread of COVID-19
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services awarded $825,375 in funds to South Carolina in order to help underserved communities and mitigate the spread of COVID-19.
DHEC: 331 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, five additional deaths in SC
DHEC reports 331 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 and five new deaths in the Palmetto State.
Richland County leaders hosting memorial service honoring the lives lost to COVID-19
Richland County leaders are hosting a memorial service for the lives lost to COVID-19. The service is open to the public and begins at 6 p.m.
Prisma: Increase in Delta variant cases in SC
Doctors with Prisma Health discussed the increase of the Delta variant in our state, as well as what parents need to know as back to school time approaches.
DHEC reports 58% increase in state COVID-19 cases since Fourth of July weekend
Over a week after the Fourth of July holiday weekend, DHEC says they have seen a 58% increase in COVID-19 cases in the state.
