MORGANTOWN — Gov. Jim Justice expressed frustration over federal bureaucratic delays in getting out vaccines boosters as West Virginia's active cases passed 10,000 and breakthrough cases surge. “We need to move, and we can't get past the legalities of Washington to move right this ...
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 — Monday's bad news: COVID numbers keep getting worse — 1,482 new positives since Friday; active cases now at 5,949; 369 hospitalized, with 127 of those in ICUs; only 10 green counties. “We're going to have more people die; that's all there is to it," Gov. Jim Justice ...
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 ...
MORGANTOWN — West Virginia’s active COVID cases soared over the weekend, climbing from 3,372 Friday to 4,010 Monday morning. That figure doesn’t tell the whole story because that’s a difference of 638; but the Department of Health and Human Resources said on its dashboard on Monday ...
MORGANTOWN — People are leaving for vacation. School is about to start. But the Delta variant is spreading and West Virginia is on the cusp of trouble, Gov. Jim Justice and his COVID team said Friday. “It's too late to stop this Delta variant from entering West Virginia, but it's not ...