HUNTINGTON — During an emergency meeting Thursday, the Cabell County Board of Education maintained its decision not to require masks in schools for staff or students, keeping it optional for
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HUNTINGTON â There is now a high level of spread of the COVID-19 virus in Cabell County.
As of Wednesday, the Cabell-Huntington Health Department said the assessment of risk level in the county was âhigh,â according to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. There were 158 new cases in the county, with 226 active.
When COVID-19 spread is âsubstantialâ or âhigh,â it is recommended that among other things:
All people over the age of 2 who are able to wear a mask, including fully immunized individuals, wear one in indoor public spaces.
People with respiratory symptoms suggestive of COVID-19, including common symptoms like runny nose, sore throat, fever, headache, fatigue or cough and other previously described symptoms of COVID-19, should be tested, including symptomatic immunized people and immunized people who have had direct contact with a confirmed case of COVID-19 three to five days after contact.
HUNTINGTON â Facing yet another surge of the coronavirus, the Cabell-Huntington Health Department is not slowing down its efforts to vaccinate the community.
âThere are two indicators for how well we are doing,â said Dr. Michael Kilkenny, health officer at the health department, on Tuesday. âHow many cases we have, and I am sorry to report that is rapidly increasing. The other is the percent positive test rate. Yesterday, that was the worst I had ever seen in Cabell County. Itâs because we arenât testing enough. Thatâs a bad combination to have for an acute illness like this.â
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