WV and National Disaster News - January 11, 2021

1/11/2021

West Virginia

· Hoyer: West Virginia on its way to being self-sufficient in PPE (MetroNews-Radio)

· UPDATE — Del. Evans resigns after arrest for role in storming Capitol (The Register-Herald)

· Most counties red for coronavirus spread as West Virginia moves into bottom RT spot nationally (MetroNews-Radio)

· Pandemic continues to worsen as West Virginia leads vaccine distribution (WV News)

· West Virginia economy recovering ahead of national average during pandemic, but full recovery not expected until 2022 (WV News)

National News

· FEMA’s New National Risk Index Offers Data Assessment Ability (Government Technology)

· It’s Time to Make US Disaster Policy More Equitable and Effective (Next City)

· Hospitals say syringes supplied by feds waste vaccine doses (Politico)

· Covid-19 vaccination plan 'not working,' former FDA official warns, need to get vaccinations out more quickly (CNN)

· Lawmakers Huddling in Capitol's Safe Room May Have Been Exposed to COVID, Warns Physician (Newsweek) Dr. Robert Redfield is also warning that the Capitol mob riot was likely a coronavirus "surge event" and "is going to have public health consequences." Redfield says. Related articles include Associated Press, CNN and NPR.

· DC Mayor Bowser requests DHS heighten security measures in District ahead of inauguration (Politico) Bowser is also asking that the period for the National Special Security Event be extended, changing it from Jan. 19-21 to Jan. 11-24 to allow for continued federal security in the area. Other Related Articles Fox News, Fox5 (DC), and CBS’s “Face the Nation”

· More than 150,000 customers left without power in Texas and Louisiana as major snowstorm moves across the South (Weather Channel)

COVID-19

· Biden's Covid vaccine distribution plan still in flux days before inauguration (CNN)

· How Mistakes, Missed Opportunities Allowed COVID-19 To Ravage The U.S. (NPR)

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