CHARLESTON — The COVID-19 virus is going to get worse before it gets better with cold weather coming, the governor of West Virginia warned Monday. People are going to be inside more, according to Gov. Jim Justice at his Labor Day morning online pandemic briefing. “I personally believe ...
From Staff Reports CHARLESTON — Twenty-four more people including residents from Roane and Doddridge counties were among the deaths from the virus reported Monday morning by the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources. The Labor Day pandemic report also said active cases again rose in Wood County and other counties in the region while most of the counties including Wood are red in the County Alert System map, the highest level of infection rate and percent positivity. Deaths include a 50-year-old woman from Roane County and a 102-year-old woman from Doddridge County, ...
Blennerhassett Middle School will reopen on Tuesday when all schools return to session, Wood County Schools announced. The school was temporarily closed Friday due to a surge in COVID-19 cases among students. Schools were closed Monday for Labor Day. Contact tracing and deep-cleaning of the school were completed this weekend, the system said. The School Recovery and Guidance Document, including who should quarantine after a Covid-19 exposure, also was updated. The update is at https://5il.co/y5mx. In the event of a confirmed COVID-positive exposure: students who have been vaccinated ...
CHARLESTON — Climbing COVID-19 infections are prompting a change in the way West Virginia health officials conduct contact tracing, the state’s public health commissioner said Friday. “West Virginia is experiencing high rates of community COVID transmissions and as a result it is ...
BELPRE — As COVID-19 cases continue to rise locally, more school districts are imposing mask mandates. Belpre City Schools Superintendent Jeff Greenley announced the decision in a message posted on the district’s Facebook page Friday afternoon. He cited a 30 percent increase in the rolling two-week average number of positive cases in the Belpre zip code and three more positive cases between the district’s schools. Those positives resulted in about 50 students being quarantined. “We have quarantined nearly 90 students just this week due to the Ohio Department of Health’s ...
PARKERSBURG — West Virginia University at Parkersburg will shift much of its instruction fully online starting Tuesday in an effort to slow the spread of COVID-19. The decision comes as Wood County climbs toward 900 active cases of the virus and most area counties are classified as red, representing the highest level of spread on West Virginia’s County Alert System map. Remote work assignments are being implemented for more WVU-P employees in an effort to minimize the number of people on campus, according to a statement from college President Chris Gilmer. “While most of ...
