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As Moore County approaches 30,000 total confirmed cases of COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic, the local Health Department is emphasizing the importance of vaccinations and booster shots.

“Vaccination remains the most effective way to prevent severe outcomes from COVID-19, including hospitalization and death,” Matt Garner, interim director of the department, said during Monday’s meeting of the Moore County Board of Health, adding that “unvaccinated individuals were found to be 9.3 times more likely to die from COVID-19 than people who had received a booster” in a recent Respiratory Virus Surveillance report by the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services.