WV and National Disaster News - January 20, 2022

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WEST VIRGINIA

COVID
WV Daily COVID Update for January 20, 2022 (WV DHHR) - there are currently 15,687 active COVID-19 cases statewide. There have been 14 deaths reported since the last report (1-19-21), with a total of 5,590 deaths attributed to COVID-19. DHHR has confirmed the deaths of a 64-year old female from Raleigh County, a 65-year old male from Braxton County, an 81-year old male from Mason County, a 78-year old female from Wood County, a 78-year old female from Marshall County, an 82-year old female from Raleigh County, a 77-year old female from Marshall County, an 86-year old male from Wood County, a 47-year old male from Raleigh County, a 71-year old male from Grant County, an 86-year old male from Marshall County, a 78-year old male from Mineral County, a 73-year old female from Wood County, and a 66-year old male from Putnam County.

“It is critical that we increase our vaccination rate for all eligible West Virginians, particularly children and teens," said Bill J. Crouch, DHHR Cabinet Secretary. “If you are hesitant, please reach out to your child's physician to learn more about COVID-19."
 

• Pharmacies to receive N95 masks to give to public (WTAP-TV)
• West Virginia National Guard deployed to hospitals amid COVID surge (WDVM-TV)
• Guard arrives at CAMC to help with staffing shortages (MetroNews-Radio)
• Princeton Community Hospital at capacity, National Guard to assist (WVVA-TV)
• West Virginia National Guard members deployed to help nurses at WVU Medicine Camden Clark Medical Center (WTAP-TV)
• Rise in new W.Va. COVID cases reported, but active cases fall; 15 more deaths reported (WCHS-TV)
• Health officer: Coronavirus surging in Putnam County, with more than 600 active cases (WCHS-TV)
• Mercer vaccination rates falling: MCHD clinic attendance drops; search narrows for new administrator (The Bluefield Daily Telegraph)

• EMA directors prepare for more winter weather (WSAZ-TV)

• West Virginia looks to lift three-decade-old ban on nuclear production (MetroNews-Radio)

NATIONAL NEWS

COVID

• Biden Taps the Power of the Postal Service for Free Covid Test Program (Bloomberg)
• States Called in National Guard to Help at Hospitals, Now They Are Being Asked to Teach (Newsweek)  
• America's pandemic worries are higher now than before vaccines were widely available, poll finds​ (USA Today)
• Nearly 1 million pediatric Covid cases reported last week (NBC News)

WEATHER

• Another blast of dangerous winter weather in store for Southeast (AccuWeather); Also see: The Weather Channel 
• Kentucky: Some disaster centers closed by weather (WTVQ News-KY)

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