WV and National Disaster News - March 11, 2021

3/11/2021

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West Virginia

· Gov. Justice Says COVID-19 Deaths Undercount Is 'Awful' (West Virginia Public Broadcasting-Radio)

· DHHR lists facilities that failed to report 168 COVID-19 deaths (WVVA-TV)

· Worker removed from COVID-19 vaccine line for ‘not being helpful,’ Justice says (MetroNews-Radio)

· New federal stimulus package includes $677 million for local governments in W.Va. (WCHS-TV)

· Walgreens Announces the Successful Administration of 5 Million COVID-19 Vaccinations (Pharmacy Times)

· Nearly 20% of West Virginia residents at least partially vaccinated against COVID-19 (The Exponent Telegram)

· 1,500 people come for vaccine at South Parkersburg Baptist Church (WTAP-TV)

· Marshall County vaccine clinic expands, changes and serves more people (WTRF-TV)

COVID-19

COVID-19 News

· Biden seeks to chart a path out of the pandemic in prime-time address (CNN)

· Biden to offer hopes for a return to normalcy in first prime-time speech (Washington Post)

· Congress OKs $1.9T virus relief bill in win for Biden, Dems (AP News)

· Death rate 64% higher with B117 COVID variant, study finds (CIDRAP)

· COVID-19 antibody drug effective, say Glaxo, Vir (MarketWatch)

Vaccine News

· Biden boosts US vaccine stockpile as world waits (ABC News)

· America could soon be swimming in COVID-19 vaccines: The shift from scarcity to surplus could bring its own problems (USA Today)

· Pfizer/BioNTech say COVID-19 vaccine likely to prevent asymptomatic infection (Reuters)

· Denmark suspends use of AstraZeneca Covid vaccine over reports of blood clots (CNBC)

· Pfizer’s Vaccine Plant Has History of Recalls (WebMD)

Vaccine Equity

· COVID-19 vaccination: Why collecting race, ethnicity is critical (American Medical Association)

How are States Addressing Racial Equity in COVID-19 Vaccine Efforts? (Kaiser Family Foundation

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