WV and National Disaster News - April 12, 2022

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WEST VIRGINIA

 
COVID
WV Daily COVID Update & Stats for April 12, 2022 (WV DHHR) - There have been 19 deaths reported since the last report, with a total of 6,774 deaths attributed to COVID-19. There are currently 308 active COVID-19 cases statewide. See Detailed Stats.

• Numbers down at West Virginia COVID test sites as residents switch to home tests (WV News)
  
• Many nursing home residents getting second COVID booster, other residents using new vaccine calculator (MetroNews-Radio)
• COVID-19 W.Va. | 2 additional deaths, 128 new cases reported (WSAZ-TV)
• COVID-19 hospitalizations continue to drop in West Virginia (The Parkersburg News and Sentinel)

OTHER

• Officials, leaders hold bill signing ceremony for health services bill (MetroNews-Radio)
• Additional counselors to be hired for suicide hotline in anticipation of 988 launch in West Virginia (The Exponent Telegram)
• Pharmaceutical companies: Report doesn't link our companies to opioid flood (The Charleston Gazette-Mail

NATIONAL NEWS

COVID 

• What do we know about “stealth omicron" so far (ABC News)
• Covid cases rise again in half of U.S. states: Should we worry?( MSNBC)
• A tale of two COVID responses (MSNBC)
• Federal officials consider transportation mask mandate's fate (KBTX 3)
• US orders consular staff to leave Shanghai amid COVID-19 surge (WBALTV)
• U.S. makers of virus protective supplies dropping out (NWA)
• Mask Mandates Are Coming Back In Some Places—And May Be Sticking Around For Air Travel (Forbes)
• The Capitol Hill COVID outbreak has people wondering if large events are safe. Here's what Dr. Faust says. (Boston.com)
• Philadelphia to be first major U.S. city reinstating indoor mask mandates (NBC News)

 
WEATHER

• Survivors should notify FEMA about insurance settlements (ABC News-Kentucky)
• Winter storm to pack snow, high winds from Rockies to Northern Plains, including blizzard conditions (The Weather Channel) Also see AccuWeather reports
• Tornado Emergency issued, large hail spotted after severe storms move across Oklahoma, Arkansas (Fox News). 
• As climate change intensifies extreme weather, local newspapers see a bright future in meteorology (NiemanLab)
• National Hurricane Convention starts in Orlando (FOX35)
• Stripe, Alphabet and others to spend nearly $1 billion on carbon removal (Bloomberg)
• NOAA: Record increases in atmospheric methane may be evidence of a climate-related feedback loop (WBALTV)
• White House announces $46 million in climate resilience funding for Tribal communities (The News Tribune)

OTHER
Biden to visit Iowa ethan​ol plant as officials hit road to tout rural aid efforts (ArcaMax)
The Biden administration is considering approving sales of E15 to help lower gas prices and talks about funding for rural communities. 

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