WV and Regional Disaster News - February 23, 2021

2/23/2021

West Virginia

· Power restoration from West Virginia ice storm pushed back (Times News)

· West Virginia bill providing checks on health departments up for passage (News & Sentinel)

· Power Restoration From West Virginia Ice Storm Pushed Back (US News and WR)

· Harrison West Virginia Senior Citizens Center donates Valentines for outreach project (Exponent Telegram)

· WV Daily COVID Update and Stats (WVDHHR)

· West Virginia’s COVID numbers lowest since last November and dropping (Weirton Daily times)

· COVID-19 UPDATE: Gov. Justice: West Virginia once again surpasses 100% vaccine administration rate for first and second doses combined (WV Governor’s Office)

Regional

COVID-19 News

· Cox Resolution Would End COVID Emergency in Md. (Maryland Matters)

· Delaware Will Issue Emergency SNAP and Cash Benefits for February to Eligible Households (WBOC)

· VDH: 567,039 total cases of COVID-19 in Virginia, 7,658 deaths (NBC 29)

· Pennsylvania COVID-19 Early Warning Monitoring Dashboard Update for Feb. 12-18: Case Increases at 14,886; Percent Positivity at 6.5% and 40 Counties with Substantial Transmission (pa.gov)

· Virginia’s COVID-19 Workplace Safety Regulation Is Permanent: A National Model (Lexology)

· Biden Remembers 500,000 American lives lost to COVID19 (FoxNews)

Vaccine News

· FEMA Dover Second-Dose Slots to Open to Those With First Dose on or Before Jan. 22 From Any Provider (Delaware.gov)

· Johnson & Johnson says it can provide 20M vaccine doses by late March (Politico)

Vaccine Equity

· How to Receive COVID-19 Vaccine in District of Columbia (DC Post)

WV and Regional Disaster News - February 23, 2021

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