From STAFF REPORTS
COVID-19 vaccinations will begin Tuesday morning for front-line workers at both Wheeling Hospital and Reynolds Memorial Hospital, a massive step in curbing the spread of a virus that claimed three more lives between Ohio and Marshall counties.
The hospitals’ front-line workers represent the first part of the first phase in the state of West Virginia’s vaccination rollout. They will receive the Pfizer version of the vaccine, which gained approval for emergency 11.65 distribution Friday night.
Wheeling Hospital Assistant Vice-President Tony Martinelli said hospital staff traveled to Morgantown on Monday to retrieve the first doses of the vaccine.
Since the governor’s Executive Order on mask wearing across the state, the Marshall County Health Department has dealt with 71 interactions. Basically they are complaints and questions received by phone, email and facebook.
Dean Schmidlapp from the Health Department said they have received requests for waivers, which they do not approve, information on workplace protocols and details on face coverings usage.
Schmidlapp said there have been 27 establishments that have been investigated and only 2 have been issues a written notice. A written notice requires a 48 hour follow up and so far they have been in compliance. If a business continues to operate in an unsafe manner they would be issued an order to close the business. At that point the Secretary of State will be notified and any relevant licensing or permitting entity will be notified to revoke such. The order would also be turned over to the County Prosecutor.
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PRINCETON – The Bureau, Putnam & Marshall County Health Department have announced they will be working to provide COVID-19 vaccinations to frontline health care workers at Perry Memorial Hospital and St. Margaret’s Hospital in the next few days. They will also start providing the vaccine to people in high-risk categories.
Administrator Hector Gomez said Saturday “We are following recommendations from the CDC and IDPH to ensure fair and equitable vaccine distribution. As soon as large quantities of the vaccine are available, the goal is for everyone to be able to easily get vaccinated later in 2021.”
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