West Virginia – Loculy

Health department gets new tool for COVID testing

July 28, 2021July 29, 2021Posted in West Virginia by OMBRU Editor

The Cabell-Huntington Health Department is acquiring a new tool to allow faster COVID-19 testing of large groups of people.

Virus surge revives mask requirement for some Kentuckians

July 28, 2021July 29, 2021Posted in West Virginia by OMBRU Editor

FRANKFORT, Ky. — State employees will be required to wear masks indoors starting Thursday regardless of their vaccination status, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear announced amid a new surge in COVID-19 cases.

City unlikely to require worker vaccination

July 28, 2021July 28, 2021Posted in West Virginia by OMBRU Editor

Beckley will not likely be following New York City and California in requiring vaccines or Covid testing for city employees, Mayor Rob Rappold said Tuesday.

COVID-19 hospitalizations rise in West Virginia

July 27, 2021July 28, 2021Posted in West Virginia by OMBRU Editor

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Hospitalizations in West Virginia due to COVID-19 have more than doubled since the Fourth of July and cases are up amid the spread of the more contagious delta variant of the coronavirus.