Mon Health System and WVU Health System said Thursday they’re suspending all non-essential treatments at the hospitals to protect staff and patients and to ensure there are ample resources to respond to the novel coronavirus pandemic and stop the disease from spreading. WVU Medicine ...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) today confirmed three new cases of novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the state, making the total positive case count at five. All three new positive cases are travel related. Two individuals are from Tucker County and one is from Monongalia County. All three are being treated at home. No additional details will be released at this time. Earlier this week two positive tests were confirmed in Jefferson and Mercer counties. As of March 19, 2020, at 9:30 p.m., 224 residents ...
MORGANTOWN — Monongalia County has its first diagnosed case of COVID-19, Dr. Lee B. Smith announced Thursday evening. “We knew it was just a matter of time before we would hear this news,” said Dr. Smith, MCHD executive director and county health officer. “As testing expands, this ...
KINGWOOD — The Kingwood Public Library will no longer allow patrons inside, as a precaution against the spread of the coronavirus. Patrons can call, email or Facebook message and request the books wanted. Library staff will call you back to confirm. Call the library when you arrive and wait in the parking lot. The items requested will be set outside on the cement by the side door for pick up. If holds come in, staff will call to arrange pick up. Books can be returned in the book drop by the side door. No fines will be assessed during the shutdown. Wireless slips will ...
CHARLESTON — The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources has confirmed the second coronavirus case in the state. Both are travel related. The Mercer County resident is being treated at home. To protect the patient’s privacy, no additional details will be ...
Lists are making the round on social media, expounding the good news surrounding the COVID-19 outbreak and treatments. Through Johns Hopkins, the Associated Press and other media outlets, The Dominion Post was able to confirm these. A 103-year-old Chinese woman made a full recovery from COVID-19 after being treated for six days in Wuhan, China. Stores — including several Ikea locations — and factories reopened in China as COVID-19 cases drop. Many of them had closed in January. There is now a test available that takes COVID-19 samples and gets results in two hours. It was developed ...
