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COVID-19: Woman questions nursing home decisions after mother’s death

CHARLOTTE — Residents and staff at nursing homes in North Carolina are now in line to get the COVID-19 vaccine.

However, a woman said it was too late for her mother, who died on Jan. 9 from the coronavirus after contracting it at White Oak Manor Charlotte.

[Here’s everything you need to know about the COVID-19 vaccine in North Carolina]

Andrea Grier has questions about whether conditions inside the nursing home may have contributed to her 82-year-old mother’s death.

“They said she was gone. I was like, ‘What do you mean she’s gone? I just talked to her,’” Grier said.

>> In the video at the top of this page, reporter Tina Terry speaks with Grier, who learned about the conditions at White Oak Manor and hear from the facility’s director.

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