WV and National Disaster News - July 20, 2022

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WEST VIRGINIA

COVID & PUB​LIC HEALTH
WV Daily COVID Update & News for July 20, 2022 (WV DHHR) – There are currently 2,957 active COVID-19 cases statewide. There have been nine deaths reported since the last report, with a total of 7,115 deaths attributed to COVID-19.

DHHR has confirmed ​the deaths of a 67-year old male from Wyoming County, an 86-year old male from Putnam County, a 93-year old male from Boone County, a 67-year old female from Boone County, an 84-year old male from Ohio County, a 93-year old male from Cabell County, a 92-year old male from Berkeley County, an 81-year old female from Marshall County, and a 90-year old female from Mason County.

• State Leaders Renew Calls For Vaccination Amidst BA.5 Surge  (West Virginia Public Broadcasting-Radio)
• Ohio County Health Department Director Says Not All COVID Cases Counted  (The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register)
• 3 WVa colleges receiving $650,000 in pandemic relief funds (The Associated Press)
• Monkeypox vaccines coming to West Virginia  (WTRF-TV)

• Chemical Truck Wreck Closes Westbound I-64 in West Virginia (US NEWS)
• Westbound lanes of I-64 in Charleston to remain closed after acetone dissolves road (WCHS News)

 
NATIONAL NEWS
 
COVID

• COVID​-HEART Model Predicts Adverse Events in Hospitalized Patients With COVID-19 (Cardiology Advisor)
• Charts: The status of the COVID-19 pandemic in Massachusetts (Boston Globe)
• Statement by President Joe Biden on FDA and CDC Authorizing Novavax's COVID-19 Vaccine for Adults (The White House)

• Heat-fueled wildfires destroy homes and force evacuations (CBS News)
• North Texas wildfire continues to grow amid high heat (ABC News), related news:  The Weather Channel 
• Agua Fire near Yosemite threatens structures, causes evacuations (The Press Democrat – California)
• NYC faces longest stretch of 90-degree temperatures in nearly a decade (AccuWeather)
• Biden holds off on climate emergency declaration (Associated Press)

• FEMA, AARP offer community resources to protect seniors during natural disasters (EMS1)
• Norton to introduce bill that would provide humanitarian assistance to migrants bused to DC (WUSA News 9 – DC) 

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