WV and National Disaster News - June 23, 2022

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WEST VIRGINIA

COVID
WV Daily COVID Update & Stats for June 23, 2022 (WV DHHR) - There have been 36 deaths reported since the last report, with a total of 7,054 deaths attributed to COVID-19.
there are currently 1,924 active COVID-19 cases statewide.

• Children aged 6 months and older now eligible for COVID-19 vaccine  (WCHS-TV)
• Kanawha health department orders COVID-19 vaccines for children under the age of five  (WCHS-TV)
• Wheeling-Ohio County Health Department rolls out COVID vaccines for young children  (WTRF-TV)
• Ohio County Ready To Vaccinate Youngest Kids Against COVID-19  (The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register)
• Pfizer, Moderna Vaccines For Infants And Toddlers Coming To W.Va.  (West Virginia Public Broadcasting-Radio)
• Hoyer expects “strong" interest in young kid vaccines from WV parents (The Register-Herald)

WEATHER

• Storms knock out power to thousands  (WSAZ-TV)
• Clendenin remembers historic flood 6 years later  (MetroNews-Radio)

Heat advisory issued for parts of W.Va., Kentucky, Ohio  (WCHS-TV) 

Learn how to stay safe during EXTREME HEAT, see links below:

• Prepare for Extreme Heat
• How to Stay Safe During Excessive Heat Events
• Safety Tips for Parents and Caregivers
• Community Interventions
• Heat Safety for Outdoor Workers
• Heat Related Illness

 
OTHER

• State Proposes Increasing Medicaid Ambulance Reimbursement Rates To Balance Fuel Costs  (WV PBR), related news:  The Parkersburg News and Sentinel and MetroNews-Radio
• NIH Funding Helps Create New Program At WVU  (West Virginia Public Broadcasting-Radio) - the program focuses on the health impacts of air pollution.

NATIONAL NEWS

WEATHER

• Heat wave to send AccuWeather RealFeel Temps to 115 F (AccuWeather)
• Deadly heat wave's lesson: 'This is the future we all face'  (E&E News)
• Storm damage across the DMV  (WDVM-TV)
• Thunderstorms roar from Kentucky to New York (AccuWeather), related news: NBC News 4/MSN

• Senat​ors Cruz, Barrasso introduce 'Safe Kids, Safe Schools, Safe Communities Act of 2022' (CBS News) 

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