WV and National Disaster News - March 31, 2021

West Virginia

• More than 900 students vaccinated at high school clinics (WSAZ-TV)
• ‘I am excited about getting it’; Hundreds of students in Kanawha County vaccinated during Tuesday clinics (MetroNews-Radio)
• Kanawha County students get first dose of COVID-19 vaccine (WCHS-TV)
• Bluestone and Mercer Co. Public Schools partner to vaccinate students (WVVA-TV)
• Wheeling Hospital Asking Younger Residents to Get Vaccinated (The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register)
• Local West Virginia school systems announce efforts to vaccinate students 16 and older (The Exponent Telegram)
• Constellium plant holds vaccine clinic for employees and residents (WTAP-TV)
• Inmates, Families Waiting On COVID-19 Vaccine In Jails, Prisons (West Virginia Public Broadcasting-Radio)
• Pharmacy vaccine program to include Walmart, CVS in West Virginia (The Herald-Dispatch)
• West Virginia Walmart locations join fed program for vaccines; state to offer shots to nursing home residents' familes (The Exponent Telegram)
• CVS Health to administer no-cost COVID-19 vaccines at select pharmacies (WSAZ-TV)
• Kanawha-Charleston Health Department holding COVID-19 testing, vaccine clinic Friday (WCHS-TV)
• Doddridge leads local counties in vaccinations (The Parkersburg News and Sentinel)
• WV Daily COVID Update and Stats for March 31, 2021 (WVDHHR)

national

COVID

• 15 Million N95s Without A Buyer : The Indicator from Planet Money (NPR)

Vaccination

• Pfizer, Moderna Vaccines Found 90% Effective in Real-World Study (Barron’s)
• Pfizer says its COVID-19 vaccine protects younger teens (The Associated Press)
• All 50 states now have expanded or will expand COVID vaccine eligibility to everyone 16 and up (CNN)
• Don’t laminate your COVID vaccination card before doing these 5 things (MarketWatch)
• FEMA Provides Thousands More Doses at Hynes COVID Vaccination Site; COVID Cases Rise Nationwide (NBC Boston)

Weather

• Mount Rushmore closed, hundreds of homes evacuated amid wind-driven wildfires (AccuWeather)
• No rest for the weary: Downpours, gusty storms sweeping through waterlogged South (AccuWeather)

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