WV and National Disaster News - June 30, 2022

 
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WEST VIRGINIA

COVID
WV Daily COVID Update & Stats for June 30, 2022 (WV DHHR) – There are currently 2,105 active COVID-19 cases statewide. There have been five deaths reported since the last report (yesterday - 6/29/22), with a total of 7,064 deaths attributed to COVID-19.
 

• Active COVID cases statewide stay around 2,000  (MetroNews-Radio)
• Active COVID-19 case total, positive test rate up in W.Va. on Wednesday  (WCHS-TV)
• W.Va. National Guard Soldiers Face COVID-19 Vaccination Deadline  (WV Public Broadcasting-Radio)

• Ten years since historic storm: The 2012 derecho  (WCHS-TV), related news: WVNS-TV,  WTAP-TV, and WTRF-TV

 
OTHER

• New Peoples Bank acknowledges “cybersecurity incident"  (WVVA-TV)
• Last remaining WWII Medal of Honor recipient dies at 98 (The Associated Press)

NATIONAL NEWS

COVID

• A viral reprise: When COVID-19 strikes again and again (WTOP radio - Washington)
• Still testing positive after day 10? How to decide when to end your COVID isolation (Delaware Public Media/NPR)
• COVID-19 cases are rising nearly everywhere in the world, WHO reports (WJLA/ABC News)
• Fauci says he is experiencing 'rebound' of COVID symptoms after Paxlovid treatment (The Hill – Washington)
• The pandemic is nearly over. Anthony Fauci has learned a few things (Washington Post)

• Biden Grants South Dakota Disaster Declaration For May Storm (Associated Press), related news:  Mitchell Republic (SD)
• Sierra Nevada wildfire threatens small rural communities in California (Associated Press), related news:  LA Times/MSN and The Weather Channel 
• Watches And Warnings Issued For The Caribbean Ahead Of Potential Tropical Storm Formation (The Weather Channel), related news: AccuWeather 
• Swarms of earthquakes getting stronger near small SC town: 'It's got to be causing damage' (the Post & Courier – South Carolina), related news: MSN/USA Today
• Hints of a derecho-climate change link, ten years after 2012 storm (Washington Post) 

• FEMA and Audacy's WWL Radio Unveil New Emergency Broadcast Studio (Homeland Security Today)
• Monkeypox: How the White House plans to control outbreak (WDVM – Washington)

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