By Steven Allen Adams, Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON — An executive order requiring all out-of-state visitors from coronavirus hotspots in the U.S. and around the world to self-quarantine after entering West Virginia is raising some eyebrows and questions. Gov. Jim Justice and state officials held an abbreviated virtual press[Read More…]
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Coronavirus Update: WV nursing home had 29 cases. Here’s how they contained the initial spread
By Joe Severino, Charleston Gazette-Mail MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Sundale Nursing Home, “ground zero” for West Virginia’s coronavirus outbreak, was bustling Monday afternoon. Nurses and aides wearing masks were clocking out. Some headed to their cars carrying boxes from Pizza Al’s, a local staple. The next shift’s workers were clocking in; some[Read More…]
Coronavirus Update: WVU develops ‘extender’ to make surgical mask more comfortable for daily wear
Release from WVU Today: CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The Innovation Hub, a prototyping center in the Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources at West Virginia University, has successfully created surgical mask extenders to be used by health care professionals. To protect themselves from exposure to the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, medical professionals are[Read More…]
Coronavirus Update: Gov. Justice press briefing at 11 a.m. today
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The office of Governor has issued the following media advisory on Gov. Jim Justice’s update for media on COVID-19 preparedness and response plans: WHO: Gov. Justice, other state officials. WHAT: Gov. Justice will provide an update for media on COVID-19 preparedness and response plans. WHEN: Today, Wednesday, April 1, 2020, at[Read More…]
Coronavirus Update: SBA, Treasury begin public-private mobilization effort to Distribute $349 billion in emergency funds
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following President Trump’s signing of the historic Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, SBA Administrator Jovita Carranza and Treasury Secretary Steven T. Mnuchin announced today (Tuesday, March 31) that the SBA and Treasury Department have initiated a robust mobilization effort of banks and other lending institutions to provide small businesses with the[Read More…]
Coronavirus Update: Gov. Justice press briefing at 2 p.m. today
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The office of the Governor has issued the following media advisory: WHO: Gov. Jim Justice, other state officials. WHAT: Gov. Justice will provide an update for media on COVID-19 preparedness and response plans. WHEN: Today, Tuesday, March 31, 2020, at 2 p.m. West Virginians can watch the live stream of this[Read More…]
Coronavirus Update: Food issues can be greater for poor, more rural West Virginia residents
WV Press Report with WVU Today updates MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — While West Virginia residents are allowed out to buy food during West Virginia’s Stay-at-Home” order, issued March 24, that doesn’t mean they have access to healthy food choices or enough food within a close trip or their county. As intended, Gov.[Read More…]
Coronavirus Update: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers takes assessment of OVMC hospital site
ERIC AYRES, The Intelligencer of Wheeling WHEELING, W.Va. — A team of representatives from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers performed a site assessment at the former Ohio Valley Medical Center’s west tower Monday afternoon in preparation for a possible surge in COVID-19 cases in the region. Representatives of the property,[Read More…]
Coronavirus Update: Kroger announces hiring plans for five states, including W.Va.
Press Release from Kroger: ROANOKE, Va. — Kroger Mid-Atlantic, which includes stores in Virginia, West Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky and Ohio, has more than 1,500 immediate openings. The Mid-Atlantic division already has hired more than 500 associates to help keep up with current demands, including individuals from hard-hit industries like restaurant[Read More…]
Coronavirus Update: Warm weather, COVID-19 make social distancing a dilemma in W.Va.
By Jessica Farrish, THE REGISTER-HERALD BECKLEY, W.Va. — Temperatures on Saturday soared into the 80s. With shopping malls, restaurants, spas and salons closed, following Gov. Jim Justice’s March 24 “stay at home” order, many people headed to national, state, county and local parks to hike or fish. City officials and local[Read More…]
