CHARLESTON A woman from Wood County was among the 22 confirmed deaths statewide from the virus from Wednesday to Thursday, the West Virginia Department of H
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PARKERSBURG Two Mid-Ohio Valley residents were among the four people whose confirmed COVID-19-related deaths were announced Monday by the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources.
The deaths of a 79-year-old man from Wood County and a 78-year-old woman from Wetzel County were included in the DHHR’s daily coronavirus update, along with a 93-year-old Cabell County man and a 63-year-old Fayette County man.
“We send our deepest condolences to these families as they navigate the loss of their loved ones,” DHHR Cabinet Secretary Bill J. Crouch said.
The state also announced COVID-19 vaccination clinics for people age 65 and older this week in all 55 of West Virginia’s counties. None of the events in this region have open appointments. All will use names on existing wait lists. The times and locations for these events are:
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PARKERSBURG With its attention focused on vaccinations, the Mid-Ohio Valley Health Department hasn’t offered many free COVID-19 testing events recently.
But testing remains available and important, said Carrie Brainard, threat preparedness coordinator for the department. Anyone who has symptoms of the novel coronavirus or may have been exposed to someone with COVID-19 should get tested so they can be quarantined if necessary, she said.
“We want people to know whether they have” it, Brainard said. “We do have people out there that don’t show any symptoms.”
For months, the department organized testing events in the six counties it serves – Calhoun, Pleasants, Ritchie, Roane, Wirt and Wood. But with vaccinations beginning in early January and thousands wanting to sign up, more resources are being applied to that effort.
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WVU Medicine Camden Clark Medical Center is now offering the two leading monoclonal antibody therapies, Bamlanivimab and Casirivimab/Imdevimab, in the treatment of COVID-19. The I.V. treatment is being offered through an infusion clinic at the hospital, based the referral of a primary care physician. (File Photo)
PARKERSBURG – WVU Medicine Camden Clark Medical Center is now offering the two leading monoclonal antibody therapies in the treatment of COVID-19.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorization for the investigational monoclonal antibody therapies Bamlanivimab and Casirivimab/Imdevimab. These are in addition to the vaccines that have begun to be administered nationwide.
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WVU Medicine Camden Clark Medical Center is now offering the two leading monoclonal antibody therapies, Bamlanivimab and Casirivimab/Imdevimab, in the treatment of COVID-19. The I.V. treatment is being offered through an infusion clinic at the hospital, based the referral of a primary care physician. (File Photo)
PARKERSBURG WVU Medicine Camden Clark Medical Center is now offering the two leading monoclonal antibody therapies in the treatment of COVID-19.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorization for the investigational monoclonal antibody therapies Bamlanivimab and Casirivimab/Imdevimab. These are in addition to the vaccines that have begun to be administered nationwide.