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CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (WV News) — In a year dominated by the COVID-19 pandemic and the response on the national, state and local level, selecting a West Virginian of the Year proved to be in some ways easy, but in other ways difficult. While it was easy to decide that the award winner should be someone directly involved with the COVID-19 response, no one person or entity stood above the rest on the front lines of this battle, as each played a vital role. From those doctors and nurses in the rooms with those battling the disease, to those EMS and first responders who encounter victims on a da...

Wednesday, December 23, 2020 Making history on Tuesday by receiving the first COVID-19 vaccines at Community Hospital are Anthony Rodewald, Director of Pharmacy and vaccine coordinator, and Sharon Conroy, RN, Infectious Control and Employee Health Nurse. Community Hospital photo McCOOK, Neb. —Community Hospital was excited to begin inoculating the first “doses of hope” of COVID-19 vaccine to healthcare staff on Tuesday. The allotment of vaccine arrived from the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services just after lunch. Staff began receiving inoculations one and a half hours later. ...

  Burial or cremation of COVID-19 victims is a WHO recommendation for the disposal of those who die from this disease. This is practiced the world over in more than 190 countries. Sri Lanka prohibits burial on the belief that burial of COVID-19 victims contaminates ground water. Hitherto, the government scientists have not substantiated scientifically why it is prohibited while the international community and the global scientific authorities have recommended burial of such victims. This is a puzzling question yet to be answered by government scientists. The purpose of this article is to fo...