MORGANTOWN — COVID-19 Czar Clay Marsh again pushed vaccine boosters during Wednesday's COVID briefing. He noted some new data from Israel, where Pfizer has been the primary vaccine, showing the booster can be effective for as long as nine to 10 months, where the original two-dose vaccine ...
MORGANTOWN — Gov. Jim Justice and his team believe the Delta-charged COVID surge may have peaked, or nearly so. Following a Monday morning “breakfast summit,” they announced a plan to help keep COVID-strained hospitals and nursing facilities afloat. “Our hospitals are on the verge ...
MORGANTOWN — Gov. Jim Justice and his team again pleaded with people to get vaccinated. Justice also again expressed his reluctance to mandate masks. “I am not an advocate of mandates. I am not an advocate of masks,” he said. “We've been through enough.” But we've stayed ...
MORGANTOWN — The COVID numbers keep climbing, and mandates are creeping closer, but Gov. Justice and his team are still clinging to hope that the holdouts will take some responsibility, they said Wednesday. “Absolutely, we have got to get vaccinated right now,” Justice said. For ...
MORGANTOWN – While just under 30% of the state's eligible population remains unvaccinated, West Virginia is now looking to some extent to Sept. 20, when the U.S government says it will make booster shots available for all Americans who are eight months out from their second Pfizer or ...
MORGANTOWN — It's not time for the whole state to re-mask yet, Gov. Jim Justice said again Friday. “I see no need to absolutely put out any kind of level of executive [order] to mandate face coverings at this time," he said. "We're going to leave that to the local control.” He ...