GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization said Friday that COVID-19 no longer qualifies as a global emergency, marking a symbolic end to the devastating coronavirus pandemic that triggered once-unthinkable lockdowns, upended economies and killed millions of people worldwide. The ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, submitted her resignation Friday, saying the waning of the COVID-19 pandemic was a good time to make a transition. Walensky's last day will be June 30, CDC officials said, and an interim ...
CHARLESTON — Eight people have died from the COVID-19 coronavirus in the last week in West Virginia, the Department of Health and Human Resources reported on Wednesday. The confirmed death toll from the virus in West Virginia is at 8,117 residents, the department reported in its weekly COVID-19 status update. The department has confirmed the deaths of a 74-year-old man from Raleigh County, an 89-year-old woman from Randolph County, a 59-year-old man from Kanawha County, an 82-year-old man from Cabell County, an 80-year-old woman from Kanawha County, a 57-year-old man from Kanawha ...
CHARLESTON — Eleven people have been confirmed as COVID-19 deaths in the last week in West Virginia, the state Department of Health and Human Resources reported Wednesday morning. The deaths include a 35-year-old man, the department said. The state reported 8,094 deaths since the pandemic began more than three years ago. Confirmed Wednesday were the deaths of an 86-year-old man from Randolph County, a 91-year-old woman from Cabell County, an 85-year-old woman from Boone County, a 35-year-old male man Pendleton County, an 82-year-old man from Jefferson County, a 75-year-old man from ...
NEW MARTINSVILLE — Wetzel County has been classified as medium on the CDC’s COVID Community Levels system. In counties labeled medium, it’s recommended that people at greater risk of severe illness wear a high-quality mask or respirator in indoor public settings. The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issue the levels on Thursday afternoons, based on the number of new cases per 100,000 people and hospital capacity statistics for the preceding seven days. All other area counties were classified as low, where people at greater risk of significant illness are advised ...
CHARLESTON — A 44-year-old woman from Roane County was listed among the fatalities from COVID-19 in the last week the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources. The department in its weekly pandemic update said 16 more people have died from COVID-19, including the 44-year old woman from Roane County and a 73-year-old woman from Jackson County, a 75-year-old man from Jackson County, an 84-year-old man from Roane County, a 66-year-old woman from Wood County and a 77-year-old woman from Wood County. Other confirmations were a 72-year-old man from Raleigh County, a ...
