WV and National Disaster News - November 30, 2021

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WEST VIRGINIA

WV Daily COVID Update & Stats for November 30, 2021 (WV DHHR) - there have been 31 deaths reported since the last report (yesterday 11/29/21), with a total of 4,868 deaths attributed to COVID-19.

DHHR has confirmed the deaths of an 85-year old female from Putnam County, a 54-year old male from Wayne County, a 77-year old male from Mason County, a 53-year old female from Harrison County, a 72-year old female from Boone County, a 70-year old female from Harrison County, an 83-year old female from Wood County, a 78-year old male from Fayette County, a 70-year old female from Harrison County, a 71-year old male from Raleigh County, a 104-year old male from Kanawha County, an 83-year old male from Kanawha County, an 85-year old male from Marion County, a 61-year old female from Putnam County, a 67-year old male from Pocahontas County, a 93-year old female from Pocahontas County, an 83-year old female from Logan County, an 84-year old male from Nicholas County, an 80-year old female from Webster County, an 81-year old male from Preston County, a 72-year old male from Hancock County, an 82-year old male from Marion County, a 72-year old female from Nicholas County, a 63-year old male from Mineral County, a 58-year old male from Cabell County, a 76-year old male from Jackson County, a 76-year old female from Marion County, a 77-year old male from Hardy County, a 95-year old male from Berkeley County, a 79-year old female from Harrison County, and a 47-year old female from Wirt County.

"Protect your loved ones by scheduling a COVID vaccine or booster," said DHHR Cabinet Secretary Bill J. Crouch. "Both are available at clinics, pharmacies, local health d

LOCAL

• West Virginia health leaders warily eye yet another covid-19 threat (MetroNews-Radio)
• 20 more COVID deaths reported by West Virginia DHHR; hospital official recommends vaccination as Omicron spreads (The Exponent Telegram)
• Ohio Valley health official says Omicron variant “more than likely” in the U.S.  (WTRF-TV)
• WVU, Marshall professors working to track new omicron variant (WCHS-TV)
• More than 3,000 new COVID cases reported in WV after Thanksgiving holiday (MetroNews-Radio)
• West Virginia active COVID cases below 6K (The Parkersburg News and Sentinel)
• Seven new COVID-19-related deaths reported in Kanawha County (WCHS-TV)
• Lewis County (West Virginia) Health Department reports 58th COVID-19 related death (The Weston Democrat)
• OPINION: New Worry for the Pandemic-Weary (MetroNews-Radio)

• Gov. Justice has a month to spend $127 million in CARES Act funds, but won’t say if he has a plan  (Mountain State Spotlight)

national

COVID

• U.S. Leaders Brace for Omicron as Inevitability, Urge Masks Indoors (Newsweek)
• Fauci says he doesn't expect more travel restrictions even if Omicron variant proves more contagious and deadly (CNN Politics)
• Pfizer to seek authorization for Covid booster for teens 16 and 17 (NBC News)
• Moderna boss says vaccines likely no match for Omicron (Yahoo News)
• Workers risk going to work while sick as federal COVID paid leave expires (Fortune)
• Military team arrives to support beleaguered St. Cloud Hospital (Minnesota, MPR News)
• Military deploys medical team to New Mexico to help treat COVID-19 patients (Sante Fe New Mexican)
• COVID-19 Pills Show Promise, Doctors Say (NBC Washington)
• CDC updates guidance to urge boosters for all individuals over 18 as omicron looms (Fox News)
• Maryland's Novavax working on its version of COVID-19 vaccine targeting omicron variant (WJLA Washington)
• Amid omicron uncertainty, DC region health officials push vaccines, boosters (WTOP Radio Washington)  

WEATHER

• Lots of storms but a slow finish: Busy 2021 Atlantic hurricane season ends today (USA Today)
• States are moving slowly to guard nation’s infrastructure from climate change (Washington Post)
• Washington State Sees More Flooding, Next Storm Approaches (AccuWeather)
• Atlantic hurricane season ends up as more costly than the record-breaking one in 2020  (CNN)

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