The Winston-Salem Symphony, under the innovative artistic vision of Music Director Timothy Redmond, has been working tirelessly to find ways to help and support the Winston-Salem community during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The Symphony has been posting and will continue to post musical events and listening opportunities online on Facebook (@wssymphony) and YouTube, and archived on its website – wssymphony.org.
A total of $1,501,000 has been awarded to 37 local nonprofits in the second round of grants awarded from the COVID-19 Response Fund for Forsyth County.
According to city officials a group of doctors at WFBH have developed a new mask design that is effective in preventing the transmission of germs and bacteria. Renfro Company, a Mount Airy based sock maker who moved its headquarters to Winston-Salem last year, will produce the mask locally and have already earmarked 300,000 for locals, including 60,000 for those living at or below the poverty threshold.
The ACLU of North Carolina, Disability Rights North Carolina, Emancipate NC, Forward Justice, and the National Juvenile Justice Network filed a lawsuit today seeking emergency action to prevent the deadly spread of COVID-19 in the state’s prisons by reducing the number of people who are incarcerated in state facilities.
Major League Baseball is batting around plans to start its 2020 season next month, despite the struggle by health officials to blunt the spread of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus.