Coronavirus

Justice: More deliveries of vaccine coming

CHARLESTON — Gov. Jim Justice said Wednesday the state is expecting more COVID-19 vaccine deliveries from the federal government than the usual amount thanks to President Joe Biden. Justice said he was on a call Tuesday with Biden administration officials and the governors of other states. During that call, federal coronavirus officials said that West Virginia would receive a 20 percent increase in doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna vaccines. The state typically receives more than 23,000 vaccine doses each week. Justice said the boost in vaccine doses should be between 2,500 ...

Capito approves $3B in funds to combat COVID-19

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Jon Tester (D-Montana), the leaders of the Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, on Wednesday approved $3 billion in Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Disaster Relief Funds (DRF) to combat COVID-19. The approval allows FEMA to reprogram funds to ensure states, Tribes, territories, and local jurisdictions have the resources they need to combat COVID-19 and bridge the gap until critically needed appropriations are enacted for the DRF. These funds will provide additional resources to states to support ...

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W.Va. coronavirus czar testifies on Capitol Hill

CHARLESTON — Dr. Clay Marsh, West Virginia’s coronavirus czar, told a congressional committee Tuesday that the state’s culture of service was one reason why West Virginia has one of the best COVID-19 vaccine rates in the nation. Marsh was among several witnesses Tuesday during a ...

Capito weighs in on stimulus aid

WASHINGTON — The president is unlikely to move away from a $1,400 relief check to individual taxpayers as part of the COVID-19 economic stimulus package, a West Virginia senator said Tuesday. President Joe Biden has been vocal on the amount to help people impacted by the economic slowdown caused by the virus, U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., was among the 10 Republicans who met with the president on Monday to discuss the latest stimulus package. “He’s very compelled to follow through with what he’s said,” Capito said. The Republicans put forth a $619 billion proposal ...

1,000 doses to be administered in Elkins this week

ELKINS — The Randolph County Health Department confirmed Monday that more than 1,000 COVID-19 vaccinations will be administered in Elkins this week. Bonnie Woodrum, the Randolph-Elkins Health Department’s infectious disease specialist, told the Inter-Mountain Monday that both first and second doses will be among those distributed at the Phil Gainer Community Center on Wednesday and Thursday. A total of 850 of those vaccine shots will be second doses, while 200 are first vaccinations. Appointments are already full for the vaccinations, she added. “We are doing second doses for ...