WV and National Disaster News - July 13, 2022

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WEST VIRGINIA
 
COVID
WV Daily COVID Update​ & Stats for July 13, 2022 (WVDHHR) - there are currently 2,780 active COVID-19 cases statewide. There have been eight deaths reported since the yesterday's report, with a total of 7,099 deaths attributed to COVID-19.

• New Omicron Variant Drives COVID-19 Spike  (West Virginia Public Broadcasting-Radio)
• COVID-19 cases see uptick as new variant becomes dominate strain  (WVVA-TV)
• COVID-19 hospitalizations rising in W.Va.  (The Parkersburg News and Sentinel)
• COVID-19 hospitalizations top 300 in West Virginia, continue steady rise  (WCHS-TV)
• Kanawha-Charleston Health Department to require masks  (WOWK-TV)
• Mask wearing to be required at all Charleston Area Medical Center facilities  (WCHS-TV)
• Hoyer: Increasing COVID hospitalizations a concern due to staffing shortages  (MetroNews-Radio)
• OPINION: Keeping COVID at bay this summer  (The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register)

• Storms down trees, cause high water issues in some areas of region  (WCHS-TV)

NATIONAL NEWS

COVID & HEALTH

• WHO says COVID-19 remains a global health emergency  (Reuters)
• Covid: Hospitalizations have doubled since May as omicron BA.5 sweeps U.S.  (CNBC)
• WATCH: White House issues warning as new COVID variants rapidly spread across the country  (PBS News Hour)
• Latest COVID-19 variant very infectious and 'has the possibility to evade immunity' expert says  (Hartford Courant)
• FDA to authorize Novavax's Covid-19 vaccine (Politico)
• The monkeypox outbreak was avoidable and warning signs were ignored, expert says (National Public Radio)

• Multiple thunderstorm complexes to tear across north-central U.S. (AccuWeather)
• Nine Billion-Dollar Weather Disasters So Far In 2022 (Weather Channel)
• Flooding disaster assistance may be coming to New Mexicans through FEMA (KOAT News 7- New Mexico)
• Rich nations caused climate harm to poorer ones, study says  (The Associated Press)
• Widespread tree damage, thousands still without power after Tuesday storms  (WTOP-Radio)

OTHER

• Lawmakers push Biden to declare public health emergency on abortion (SFGate/Washington Post) 

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