WV and National Disaster news - August 25, 2021

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WEST VIRGINIA

Government

WV Daily COVID Update & stats for August 25, 2021 (WVDHHR) - DHHR has confirmed the deaths of a 61-year old female from Fayette County, a 70-year old male from Marshall County, a 75-year old male from Raleigh County, an 87-year old male from Kanawha County, an  80-year old male from Cabell County, a 92-year old female from Upshur County, an 85-year old female from Lincoln County, a 69-year old male from Marion County, a 70-year old female from Marshall County, an 89-year old male from Jackson County, an 89-year old male from Randolph County, a 56-year old female from Nicholas County, a 95-year old female from Upshur County, and a 66-year old female from Pocahontas County.

Additional deaths reported on today’s dashboard as a result of the Bureau for Public Health’s continuing data reconciliation with the official death certificate are a 77-year old male from Hardy County, a 61-year old male from Fayette County, a 76-year old male from Kanawha County, a 47-year old female from Kanawha County, and a 58-year old female from Monongalia County.

LOCAL

• West Virginia to host “Vigilant Guard” (STL News)
• Wheeling Hospital CEO: We’re in the midst of a healthcare crisis (WV Metro News)
• COVID cases and exposures already sending students home in state’s largest school system (MetroNews-Radio)
• Mercer County Schools implement mask policy (WVVA-TV)
• ‘If we want to follow the science, schools should be opening windows not masking children,’ Sen. Karnes raises concerns on mask mandates in schools (WBOY-TV)
• West Virginia COVID-19 numbers rise sharply again (WOWK-TV)
• Rise in West Virginia COVID infections is serious concern to health officials (WDVM-TV)
• North Central West Virginia health departments set clinics for COVID-19 vaccination, testing (The Exponent Telegram)
• Kanawha County hosts COVID-19 vaccine, testing clinic as cases rise (WOWK-TV)
• West Virginia mayor seeks $500 for vaccinated workers (The Associated Press)
• More employers are starting to require workers get the COVID-19 vaccine to keep their jobs (WCHS-TV)
• Camden Clark to require all employees be vaccinated (The Parkersburg News and Sentinel)
• New Martinsville Center says they will have adequate staffing despite letting go those who refused the vaccine (WTRF-TV)
• Wheeling Hospital CEO: We’re in the midst of a healthcare crisis (MetroNews-Radio)

 NATIONAL

COVID-19 News

• US Covid cases among children have surged to one of its highest rates of the pandemic. Experts warn it may get worse (CNN)
• President Biden approves wildfire major disaster declaration in California (LA Times)
• 'Keep your guard up': CDC studies show waning COVID vaccine efficacy as delta variant sweeps US (USA Today)

WEATHER

• Tennessee Flooding: Rescuers Search For People Still Missing (MSN News)
• Tropical Activity in Caribbean; West U.S. Gulf Coast, Mexico Should Watch (The Weather Channel)