WV and National Disaster News - July 29, 2021

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Government

WV Daily COVID Update & Stats for July 29, 2021 (WV DHHR) - DHHR has confirmed the deaths of a 75-year old male from Randolph County, a 62-year old male from Randolph County, a 66-year old male from Kanawha County, a 92-year old male from Marion County, and an 88-year old male from Kanawha County. “Every life lost to this pandemic is a tragedy,” said Bill J. Crouch, DHHR Cabinet Secretary. “Please schedule a COVID-19 vaccine to protect yourself and those around you.” 

Local

• West Virginia’s active COVID cases double stats from early July (The Parkersburg News and Sentinel)
• TORNADO THREAT: Level 2 Storm Risk for Thursday (WBOY-TV)
• National Weather Service to begin issuing new damage threat categories with severe storms (WCHS-TV)

NATIONAL NEWS

WEATHER

• Tsunami alerts for Alaska coastline canceled following magnitude 8.2 earthquake (CNBC)
• Midwest under threat from hurricane-force winds in severe storm system (Axios)
• Dangerous storms to rumble from St. Louis to Philadelphia, DC  (AccuWeather)
• Western wildfires: California, Nevada governors tour site of huge blaze; residents urged to conserve energy as conditions worsen (USA Today) Also see: AccuWeather; ABC News; and CBS News

COVID

• Biden to announce COVID vaccine requirement for federal workers (CBS News)
• NBC News reports the White House is also ordering mask mandates inside federal buildings for everyone regardless of vaccination status.
• COVID Symptoms May Linger In Some Vaccinated People Who Get Infected, Study Finds (NPR)
• Can Employers Require Vaccines for Those Who Have Gotten COVID-19? (SHRM)
• J&J Contractor Plans to Resume Covid-19 Vaccine Production at Troubled Baltimore Plant (Wall Street Journal)

OTHER

• FEMA Updates Transitional Sheltering Assistance Policy (Homeland Security Today)