WV and National Disaster News - April 22, 2021

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West Virginia

Government News

Local News

• Justice sets COVID-19 vaccine goal to remove mask mandates (The Parkersburg News and Sentinel)
• Justice counts on persuading more West Virginians to get vaccinated (MetroNews-Radio)
• ‘Beat 588 Bad’: Gov. Justice shares new message in effort to increase vaccination percentage in West Virginia (WBOY-TV)
• Justice Warns Younger WV Residents Against COVID Complacency (WCBC-Radio)
• As vaccine turnout drops, Cabell EMS plans to reevaluate large-scale operations (WCHS-TV)
• Vaccination Outreach Shifts as Demand Drops in Some States (Pew Charitable Trusts Stateline
• Community comes together for COVID-19 vaccination efforts (The Mountain Statesman)
• What To Know About The COVID-19 Vaccines (West Virginia Public Broadcasting-Radio)
• W.Va., Ohio governors discuss vaccinations and variants (WTAP-TV)

COVID-19

Vaccine News

• Scientist Who Helped Develop Pfizer-BioNTech Covid Vaccine Agrees Third Shot Is Needed as Immunity Wanes (NBC10)
• FDA inspectors find "brown residue" and other violations in plant making Johnson & Johnson vaccine (CBS News)
• Pfizer says phony COVID-19 vaccines are turning up outside the U.S. (CBS News)
• Biden urges paid time off for vaccinations; Pfizer and Moderna vaccines safe for pregnant women, CDC study says: Live COVID-19 updates (USA Today)
• Biden says he expects to share vaccine doses with Canada (The Hill)
• Officials at FEMA mega vaccine clinic remain committed to COVID-19 fight despite continued low turnout (KSDK news)
• U.S. reaches 200M COVID shots as Biden unveils paid time off effort to further boost vaccinations (NY Daily news)

Weather

• Return of severe weather to rock the South (AccuWeather)
• In Tennessee, Clarksville Online (TN) reports 13 counties have been approved for FEMA disaster assistance following damage from winter storms in February.
• In California, NBC San Diego (CA) reports Gov. Gavin Newsom has declared a drought emergency for Medocino and Sonoma counties as the state prepares to face another potentially severe wildfire season.

Other

• Gov. Ducey calls on Pres. Biden to declare federal emergency for border crisis

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