Just like old times!
Disgraced ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Sunday shamelessly tried to reprise his role as man-in-charge, using one of his famous COVID-19 press conferences to remind New Yorkers to remain vigilant amid the spread of the Omicron variant.
Lets heed the lessons we learned in the early, horrific days of this pandemic and not go backwards, he said in a tweet, which featured a slide used during one of his pandemic briefings.
The presentation reads: Lesson to learn: An outbreak anywhere is an outbreak everywhere.
Wear a [mask] in public indoor spaces, get vaccinated AND your booster shot, take care of one another, the former governor, who resigned in August amid multiple scandals, added. And be #NYTough.
During the throes of the pandemic, Cuomo delivered daily briefings revealing the Empire States COVID-19 metrics along with meandering commentary and show-off stunts.
In June 2020, Cuomodisplayeda$415COVID-19 mountainthat supposedly represented New Yorks battle against the virus. Joined by Anthony Fauci,the nations top infectious-disease doctor,he bizarrely comparedthe fellow Italian American and himself to actors Al Pacino and Robert De Niro.
His younger brother, CNN anchor Chris Cuomo also dialed into the briefings to detail his symptoms when stricken with the virus.
The governor was momentarily bestowed an Emmy for effective use of television during the pandemic in November 2020 but the academy quickly yanked the accolade after state Attorney General Letitia James found Cuomo sexually harassed multiple women.
Cuomos Sunday morning tweet came after former top aide Melissa DeRosa audaciously took a shot at her boss successor, Gov. Kathy Hochul.
Time to shift with the times ribbon cuttings and photo ops drinking beers in UES bars maskless wont get this job done, the former secretary to the governor said Friday evening in a since-deleted tweet, referring to the current chief executives October visit to Manhattan sports bar.
The scandal-scarred ex-pols public service announcement comes after the World Health Organization identified a new COVID-19 variant, Omicron, on Friday.
The discovery prompted Hochul to sign an executive order postponing non-essential surgeries in hospitals with a limited capacity.
The Omicron variant has yet to be identified in New York State, though on Sunday two cases of the coronavirus variant were detected in Canada.
The Cowboys roster has been harangued by COVID-19 all season long, with the virus affecting more players in Dallas than any other locker room in the league.
Now its working its way though the coaching staff, too, causing a ripple effect of gameday duties.
The Cowboys have announced that offensive line coach Joe Philbin, assistant offensive line coach Joe Blasko, and coaching assistant Scott Tolzien have entered the leagues COVID-19 protocol and will miss Thursday nights game against the Saints.
Their absences will put several other Cowboys staffers in new roles on a fill-in basis.
We have some different scenarios of exactly how were going to work the week, head coach Mike McCarthy said Sunday in a conference call with media members.
Those scenarios include tight end coach Lunda Wells, quality control coach Chase Haslett, and Ben McAdoo, who has been serving the team in a consultant role, scouting future opponents.
Wellss first coaching job was as an offensive line assistant at LSU for two seasons; he did the same job again with the New York Giants from 2013 to 2017.
Haslett is the son of former NFL coach Jim Haslett. He was hired by Dallas in 2020 after gaining offensive coaching experience at Nebraska, Mississippi State, and Mercer.
McAdoos name is most familiar as the head coach of the Giants in 2016 and most of 2017. Most of his body of work as a coach comes on the offensive side of the ball, working with the offensive line, tight ends, or quarterbacks.
Now all three will pitch in on getting the Cowboys line- without Terence Steele, who has also tested positive for COVID ready for New Orleans.
As for whether McCarthy himself will get personally more involved with that unit for the Week 13 game, the coach had this to say:
I think the biggest thing is just to make sure that the job description and responsibility is always tight. We feel really good about our game plan process. How well do the group meetings, well spend a little more time together as a group. This is something that I think that this an opportunity for young coaches to take advantage of. Definitely, Ill be where I need to be this week.
Philbin tested positive for the virus last week and missed the Thanksgiving Day game versus Las Vegas, as did assistant strength and conditioning coaches Kendall Smith and Cedric Smith.
Blasko handled O-line coaching responsibilities on Thursday; he and Tolzien turned in positive COVID tests since then.
Following the clash with the Saints, the Cowboys will have nine full days off before beginning their final five-game stretch of the regular season, in which theyll play four divisional games and one against the NFCs top seed Arizona Cardinals.
Earlier this month, Philadelphia 76ers big man Joel Embiid joined the list of NBA stars to test positive for COVID-19. But while many players have moved past the virus rather quickly, Embiid wasn't that lucky. Shortly after his diagnosis, Sixers head coach Doc Rivers said Embiid was "not doing great."
On Saturday night, following his return to the lineup, we learned just how much Embiid was struggling. Between difficulty breathing and headaches that he felt were worse than migraines, he was worried at one point that he wouldn't make it through. Embiid is a known jokester and cracked a bit of a smile when he said the latter, so it's possible he was being a bit facetious. But there's no doubt that he was extremely sick over the past few weeks.
"It hasn't been good. That jawn hit me hard," Embiid said. "I really thought I wasn't going to make it. It was that bad. So I'm just thankful to be sitting here. I struggled with it, but I'm just glad that I got over it and I'm here doing what I love with some good people."
After missing nearly three weeks and nine games, Embiid was in action on Saturday against the Minnesota Timberwolves. He was thrown right back into the fire, playing 42 minutes in the Sixers' double-overtime loss. Embiid, who finished with 42 points, 14 rebounds and two blocks, said it was a "miracle" that he played that much in his first game back.
Unfortunately for Embiid and the Sixers, his massive effort went to waste. After battling back from a 20-point deficit in the second half, and forcing a second overtime in miracle fashion on an Andre Drummond tip-in, the Sixers just couldn't get over the line. They even had a three-point lead in the final minute, but Naz Reid and Taurean Prince scored back-to-back buckets to give the Wolves the win.
The Sixers went 2-7 in Embiid's absence, and have now dropped to 2-8 in their last 10 games. After a hot start, they're tied for ninth place in the Eastern Conference at 10-10. The good news is that Embiid is back, and the Eastern Conference is so crowded that they're only three games out of second place.
An NHS COVID-19 vaccination health campaign advertisement is displayed, amidst the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in London, Britain, October 21, 2021. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo
LONDON, Nov 29 (Reuters) - Britain is moving towards offering everyone a COVID-19 booster vaccine, a member of Britain's vaccine advisory committee said on Monday, ahead of an expected decision on whether to extend and speed up booster shots.
"Inevitably, everybody will be offered a booster," Anthony Harnden, deputy chair of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), told BBC TV.
"But what we want to do is make sure that it's done in a sensible order so that those that are most vulnerable for this infection can get boosted and their natural immunity levels can go up."
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NEW YORK, Nov 26 (Reuters) - COVID-19 has resurfaced as a worry for investors and a potential driver of big market moves after a new variant triggered alarm, long after the threat had receded in Wall Street's eyes.
Worries about a new strain of the virus, named Omicron and classified by the World Health Organization as a variant of concern, slammed markets worldwide and dealt the S&P 500 index its biggest one-day percentage loss in nine months. The moves came a day after the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday when thin volume likely exacerbated the moves.
With little known about the new variant, longer term implications for U.S. assets were unclear. At least, investors said signs that the new strain is spreading and questions over its resistance to vaccines could weigh on the so-called reopening trade that has lifted markets at various times this year.
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The new strain may also complicate the outlook for how aggressively the Federal Reserve normalizes monetary policy to fight inflation.
"Markets were celebrating the end of the pandemic. Slam. It isn't over," said David Kotok, chairman and chief investment officer at Cumberland Advisors. "All policy issues, meaning monetary policy, business trajectories, GDP growth estimates, leisure and hospitality recovery, the list goes on, are on hold."
The S&P 500 fell by a third as pandemic fears mushroomed in early 2020, but has more than doubled in value since then, though the pandemic's ebb and flow has driven sometimes-violent rotations in the types of stocks investors favor. The index is up more than 22% this year.
Before Friday, broader vaccine availability and advances in treatments made markets potentially less sensitive to COVID-19. The virus had dropped to a distant fifth in a list of so-called "tail risks" to the market in a recent survey of fund managers by BofA Global Research, with inflation and central bank hikes taking the top spots.
On Friday, however, technology and growth stocks that had prospered during last year's so-called stay-at-home trade soared, including Zoom Communications (ZM.O), Netflix Inc (NFLX.O) and Peloton (PTON.O).
At the same time, stocks that had rallied this year on bets of economic reopening may suffer if virus fears grow. Energy, financials and other economically sensitive stocks tumbled on Friday, as did those of many travel-related companies such as airlines and hotels.
The new Omicron coronavirus variant spread further around the world on Sunday, with 13 cases found in the Netherlands and two each in Denmark and Australia, even as more countries tried to seal themselves off by imposing travel restrictions.
First discovered in South Africa, the new variant has now also been detected in Britain, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Denmark, Belgium, Botswana, Israel, Australia and Hong Kong. read more
Friday's swings also sent the Cboe Volatility Index (.VIX), known as Wall Street's fear gauge, soaring and options investors scrambling to hedge their portfolios against further market swings. read more
Andrew Thrasher, portfolio manager for The Financial Enhancement Group, had been concerned that recent gains in a handful of technology stocks with large weightings in the S&P 500, including Apple Inc (AAPL.O), Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O), Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O), were masking weakness in the broader market.
"This set the kindling for sellers to push markets lower and the latest COVID news appears to have stoked that bearish flame," he said.
Some investors said the latest COVID-19 related weakness could be a chance to buy stocks at comparatively lower levels, expecting the market to continue rapidly recovering from dips, a pattern that has marked its march to record highs this year.
"We've had numerous days when economic optimism collapses. Each of these optimism collapses were a good buying opportunity," wrote Bill Smead, founder of Smead Capital Management, in a note to investors. Among the stocks he recommended were Occidental Petroleum (OXY.N) and Macerich Co (MAC.N), down 7.2% and 5.2% respectively on Friday.
One of several wild cards is whether virus-driven economic uncertainty will slow the Federal Reserve's plans to normalize monetary policy, just as it has started unwinding its $120 billion a month bond buying program.
Futures on the U.S. federal funds rate, which track short-term interest rate expectations, on Friday showed investors rolling back their view of a sooner-than-expected rate increase.
Investors will be watching Fed Chair Jerome Powell and U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen's appearance before Congress to discuss the government's COVID response on Nov. 30 as well as U.S. employment numbers, due out next Friday.
Investors held out hope that markets could stabilize. Jack Ablin, chief investment officer at Cresset Capital Management, said moves may have been exaggerated by lack of liquidity on Friday, with many participants out for the Thanksgiving holiday.
"My first reaction is anything we are going to see today is overdone," Ablin said.
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FRISCO, Texas -- The Dallas Cowboys' preparation for Thursday's game against the New Orleans Saints has been greatly affected by a COVID-19 outbreak that will knock out starting right tackle Terence Steele, three offensive coaches and two of their three strength coaches.
Offensive line coach Joe Philbin, who has been in the COVID-19 protocol since Thanksgiving, assistant offensive line coach Jeff Blasko, who handled the main duties in Thursday's overtime loss to the Las Vegas Raiders, and offensive assistant Scott Tolzien will also miss the game. Strength and conditioning coordinator Harold Nash was placed in the COVID-19 protocol with his two assistants, Kendall Smith and Cedric Smith. Smith, however, could be cleared to return in time for the game.
"I think the biggest thing is just to make sure that the job description and responsibility is always tight," coach Mike McCarthy said. "We feel really good about our game-plan process. How we'll do the group meetings, we'll spend a little more time together as a group. Yeah, so this is something that I think is an opportunity for young coaches to take advantage of. Definitely, I'll be where I need to be this week. We have some moving parts."
The Cowboys are doing daily testing for players, coaches and staff and will continue through Tuesday. The league imposed stricter protocols this week, but the Cowboys were in that mode before Thanksgiving. They will have virtual meetings Sunday and Monday and could continue to do so on Tuesday as well, but McCarthy kept open the possibility of a "normal" practice two days before kickoff.
"We're in a cycle right now that we're paying close attention to it," McCarthy said.
Wide receiver Amari Cooper missed the past two games while on the reserve/COVID-19 list but is expected back in the building Monday. Wide receiver CeeDee Lamb is expected to practice Sunday and be available against the Saints after not playing against the Raiders because of a concussion.
"I talked to [head athletic trainer] Jim Maurer this morning about Amari particularly, and he just felt the conditioning was going to be something that we're going to have to get a hold of tomorrow obviously for any player coming off of a 10-day stretch [without practice]," McCarthy said. "So we'll know more tomorrow with a chance to work."
All of this comes at an inopportune time for the Cowboys, who have lost three of their past four games.
"COVID is always something we have to think about this year," running back Ezekiel Elliott said, "and we're having a little outbreak right now so guys just got to be making sure we're taking the extra precautions, make sure we're keeping ourselves, our families and our teammates safe."
Pro Bowl right guard Zack Martin said tight ends coach Lunda Well has done a good job stepping in for Philbin and Blasko. He was an assistant offensive line coach for the New York Giants from 2013-17 before moving to tight ends.
"Obviously you want everyone to be there, but it's kind of the day and age we live in now," Martin said. "The last couple years this is part of it. I think guys have gotten accustomed to kind of shifting on the fly and that's something we've got to be good at this week without our full room. We've got to be on point, help each other out because we're not going to have our two guys in there running the meetings all week."
The plan was for a lighter practice Sunday. After testing, players got breakfast to go and grabbed their iPads for meetings. The players will arrive at The Star for on-field work that will last about 75 minutes and then have virtual meetings following practice.
McCarthy said the Cowboys could move to a meeting plan they used last year in which the team was spaced out inside Ford Center.
"Going through the experience last year, it's just a matter of which plan we are going to be in," he said.
Cases of COVID-19 among children are increasing far faster than all other age groups in Maine, creating concerns among pediatricians that children are spreading the virus to older and more at-risk residents while facing risks to their own health, as well.
Over the last month, Maines overall seven-day case average has increased by 49 percent, from 463 on average in late October to 688 cases on average this week, according to data from the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Among individuals under the age of 20, however, the increase has been 83 percent during that time, more than 100 cases per day on average.
The larger increase among children makes sense given that they also have the lowest rates of vaccination. Children between the ages of 5 and 11 have only been eligible to get vaccine for a few weeks and those under the age of 5 are still not eligible. By comparison, Mainers with the highest rate of vaccination 60-79-year-olds have seen cases increase by about 19 percent in the last month.
Children and young adults do sometimes become seriously ill from the disease, although the chances are lower than among older age groups. Even if they dont become ill, children can play a major role in keeping the virus transmission line going and can sometimes do so unknowingly because they are not exhibiting symptoms.
Its the same with influenza. Kids are major transmitters, said Dr. Dora Anne Mills, chief health improvement officer for MaineHealth, the state largest health care network. Even if they dont die or get sick, they are carriers, and often silent carriers.
The longer the virus is able to spread, the greater chance other variants might develop, too. Some could be worse than the highly contagious delta variant that is dominating right now, and some could even prove vaccine-resistant. The Associated Press reported last week that estimates by the COVID-19 Scenario Modeling Hub, a collection of university and medical research organizations, suggest vaccines could make a big difference.
The hubs latest estimates show that for November through March 12, 2022, vaccinating a high percentage of 5- to 11-year-olds could avert about 430,000 COVID cases in the overall U.S. population if no new variant arose.
Dr. Gretchen Pianka, a pediatrician with Central Maine Pediatrics, said some of the recent surge in transmission among the young is likely a function of fatigue. Parents have been making decisions constantly for the last year and a half about how best to keep their kids safe, but schools are fully open now and extracurricular activities are far more prevalent than a year ago.
Families are relaxed, she said. They think, I have a healthy child and they should do fine, and it can be hard to expand that lens.
Pianka said its true children have been at lower risk of serious illness, but shes seen young patients get super sick.
And we still dont have a sense of the long-term effects, she said.
The trend of increasing transmission among children is happening across the country, too. The American Academy of Pediatrics this week released a report that showed, as of last week, pediatric cases of COVID-19 have increased by 32 percent from two weeks earlier. It was the 15th consecutive week that cases among Americans 18 or younger have been above 100,000.
At least some of the virus spread has been happening in schools and extracurricular activities in Maine. During the last school year, many communities took measures to limit the number of children in a classroom and mask mandates were near-universal. Now, fewer measures are in place, although many schools still do require masks.
Over the last 30 days, 5,181 cases of COVID-19 have been reported in public schools and 200 schools have seen an outbreak, which means at least three cases are linked epidemiologically.
According to U.S. Census data, there are approximately 280,000 Maine residents under the age of 20. Thats about 21 percent of the population. Since the pandemic began, there have been 26,524 cases in that age group, or 22.5 percent of all cases. But that number has been rising steadily recently. Younger people make up a higher percentage of cases than ever before.
The Maine CDC also has recorded 76 hospitalizations among those under 25, which is as specific as the agency breaks down COVID-19 patients by age. Maine has not had any pediatric COVID-19 deaths, but nationwide, at least 731 deaths from COVID-19 have occurred in individuals ages 18 or younger, according to the U.S. CDC.
Dr. Mills said past studies have shown that with infectious diseases, especially when vaccines are scarce, its prudent to vaccinate children first because they are the biggest spreaders. That hasnt happened with COVID-19 because it took many months for federal officials to authorize vaccines for children.
The vaccine has only been approved for 5- to 11-year-olds since the beginning of the month. Those between the age of 12 and 15 have been eligible since mid-May.
The rate of vaccination among 12- to 19-year-olds in Maine is 62.6 percent, or about 5 percentage points lower than the states overall rate. Among 5- to 11-year-olds, 26 percent have gotten first doses thus far. Vaccines havent been in use long enough to help slow the spread among that age group.
But as has been the case throughout the states vaccination effort, people are far less likely to get vaccinated in rural, inland Maine counties. For example, 77 percent of all Cumberland County residents age 12 through 19 are fully vaccinated, but just 43 percent of Franklin County residents in that age group are.
Among 5- to 11-year-olds, 45 percent in Cumberland County have gotten a first dose, while just 8 percent of elementary school age children in Somerset County have.
Pianka said she still hears from parents who have concerns about vaccinating their children. She said she listens to those concerns and, if needed, dispels any misinformation.
I tell them it does one thing and one thing only, she said. It sends a message to cells that says Make antibodies to protect against this virus. Thats all it does.
One example of a concern, she said, is risk of myocarditis, an inflammation of heart muscles. Early studies of the vaccines showed a small number of cases of this condition.
But Pianka said subsequent studies have shown that the risk of myocarditis is 10 times greater for those who contract COVID-19 than the general population, and the risk for those who have been vaccinated is actually lower than the risk level for the general population at the moment.
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Syracuse University students have been returning to campus from outside Syracuse after Thanksgiving break. On Nov. 19, before the break, SU reported 20 active COVID-19 cases. The Daily Orange asked students how they feel about COVID-19 safety while returning to campus.
Some students said they are hoping that their peers continue to be conscious about wearing their masks. Sam Kogan, a freshman in the Newhouse School of Public Communications, said wearing a mask is still a necessary precaution.
Just because its almost Christmas time doesnt mean we get to relax. COVID is still a big issue in our country We got to stay strong and well eventually get over it, Kogan said.
Sophia Clinton, a sophomore in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, said she is disappointed in the way that the university has been testing for COVID-19.
I feel like it doesnt really represent the study body very well, Clinton said. In general, I think weve been doing better (with COVID-19), but I think this could be because we dont have all the numbers (from mandatory weekly testing).
A university spokesperson said in an email statement to The D.O. that beginning Monday, the university will take actions to prepare and react to better ensure a safe return to campus. These actions include remaining at the RED level, which will continue SUs requirement to wear a mask indoors and outdoors while in the presence of others.
The spokesperson also said the university plans to increase the percentage of the campus population who is selected for random testing. The university said it hopes this measure will give them better insight into infection level so it can best respond, if necessary.
The university spokesperson said SU will also enhance wastewater testing, encourage community members to get a booster shot and prepare to expand testing center hours and capacity if early data suggests a more aggressive community testing protocol is warranted.
Pratik Parihar, a first-year masters student in the College of Engineering and Computer Science, also said now is not the time to relax. He said since getting the vaccine, people have begun to take COVID-19 protocols lightly in public settings.
People are taking this for granted, Parihar said.
A new coronavirus variant, omicron, was first identified in South Africa and is now causing concern all around the world. Scientists are trying to figure out how contagious this variant is and if it will impact vaccine efficacy. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has declared a state of emergency ahead of this potential spike of the omicron variant.
Parihar said he is especially cautious of COVID-19 because of the new variant.
With the new variants popping up, mask policy has to stay, he said.
Azmery Afnan, a first-year Ph.D. student at SUNY-ESF, said that variants should play a factor in mask-wearing policy. He said as variants begin to spread on a regular basis, wearing masks will help keep everybody safe.
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Christina Kaden, a freshman in Newhouse, said she wants students to be considerate of the variant. With the new variant, its (made COVID-19) a lot more stressful. But Im hopeful that things should be better, if not the same, prior to (Thanksgiving) break.
With the large number of flu cases at SU, averaging 40-50 cases per day, some students are worried the university, specifically the Barnes Center at The Arch, is only focusing on COVID-19 and brushing other illnesses under the rug. Sophia Darsch, a sophomore in Newhouse and Maxwell, said the Barnes Center only cares if a student has COVID-19.
Theyve laxed the regulations a lot. But then again, health-wise, COVID is the only thing that they care about, Darsch said.
Molly Gross, a senior in Falk College, said although she feels safe, she thinks it would have been a good idea for the university to test all students for COVID-19 before returning back to campus after Thanksgiving break. However, she said she knows this is a big ask considering the university is no longer doing weekly COVID-19 testing.
Some SU students feel as though the university has done a good job handling COVID-19 on campus. Isabelle Lewis, a sophomore in ECS, said she believes the university is taking necessary precautions.
(Compared to my friends schools), Syracuse has done a really good job with mandating masks and making sure everyone is following the rules, Lewis said.
Ainsley Maclachlan, a sophomore in Falk College, said although traveling over Thanksgiving break could increase the risk of getting COVID-19, she is not too concerned and feels safe with the low COVID-19 numbers on campus.
Aidan Headrick, a junior in the College of Visual and Performing Arts, said he hasnt thought about COVID-19 since returning back to school from break.
In all honesty, I am so focused on just finals and school and stuff that I havent thought about it (COVID-19 worries) at all.
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The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) reports as of November 29, 2021, there are currently 5,991 active COVID-19 cases statewide. There have been 20 deaths reported since the last report, with a total of 4,837 deaths attributed to COVID-19.
DHHR has confirmed the deaths of a 60-year old female from Raleigh County, a 48-year old male from Nicholas County, a 69-year old male from Kanawha County, a 69-year old male from Preston County, a 53-year old female from Taylor County, a 55-year old male from Kanawha County, a 74-year old female from Fayette County, a 63-year old male from Greenbrier County, a 64-year old male from Lincoln County, a 72-year old male from Raleigh County, a 49-year old female from Kanawha County, a 64-year old male from Berkeley County, a 54-year old female from Jefferson County, a 97-year old female from Kanawha County, a 75-year old male from Logan County, an 88-year old female from Randolph County, a 68-year old male from Raleigh County, a 95-year old male from Kanawha County, a 60-year old female from Jefferson County, and an 89-year old female from Preston County.
"The COVID-19 vaccine is life-saving and available to all West Virginians ages five and older," said Bill J. Crouch, DHHR Cabinet Secretary. "Please make the decision to be vaccinated."
CURRENT ACTIVE CASES PER COUNTY: Barbour (51), Berkeley (526), Boone (84), Braxton (41), Brooke (76), Cabell (253), Calhoun (27), Clay (21), Doddridge (28), Fayette (196), Gilmer (12), Grant (56), Greenbrier (72), Hampshire (84), Hancock (101), Hardy (61), Harrison (263), Jackson (66), Jefferson (236), Kanawha (399), Lewis (92), Lincoln (59), Logan (89), Marion (180), Marshall (117), Mason (86), McDowell (81), Mercer (287), Mineral (96), Mingo (101), Monongalia (177), Monroe (37), Morgan (88), Nicholas (162), Ohio (174), Pendleton (39), Pleasants (18), Pocahontas (23), Preston (115), Putnam (181), Raleigh (263), Randolph (48), Ritchie (18), Roane (37), Summers (34), Taylor (78), Tucker (6), Tyler (34), Upshur (84), Wayne (90), Webster (60), Wetzel (57), Wirt (26), Wood (258), Wyoming (43). To find the cumulative cases per county, please visit www.coronavirus.wv.gov and look on the Cumulative Summary tab which is sortable by county.
Delays may be experienced with the reporting of information from the local health department to DHHR. As case surveillance continues at the local health department level, it may reveal that those tested in a certain county may not be a resident of that county, or even the state as an individual in question may have crossed the state border to be tested. Please visit www.coronavirus.wv.gov for more detailed information.
West Virginians ages 5 years and older are eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine. Boosters are also available. To learn more about the vaccine, or to find a vaccine site near you, visit vaccinate.wv.gov or call 1-833-734-0965.
Online registration is open for the third round of the Do it for Babydog: Save a life, Change your life vaccination sweepstakes. Registration is open to all West Virginians ages 5-18 who have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. Please visit https://doitforbabydog.wv.gov/ to register and for more information.
Free pop-up COVID-19 testing is available today in Barbour, Berkeley, Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Fayette, Greenbrier, Hampshire, Jefferson, Lincoln, Logan, Mineral, Mingo, Monongalia, Monroe, Morgan, Ohio, Putnam, Raleigh, Randolph, Ritchie, Summers, Taylor, Tyler/Wetzel, Upshur, Wayne, and Wood counties.
Barbour County
8:30 AM - 3:30 PM, Community Market, 107 South Main Street (across the street from Walgreens), Philippi, WV (optional pre-registration: https://labpass.com/en/registration?access_code=WVBBC)
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM, Junior Volunteer Fire Department, 331 Row Avenue, Junior WV (optional pre-registration: https://unityphr.com/campaigns/wvlabs/covid)
Berkeley County
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM, 891 Auto Parts Place, Martinsburg, WV (optional pre-registration: https://unityphr.com/campaigns/wvlabs/covid)
Boone County
10:00 AM - 3:00 PM, Boone County Health Department, 213 Kenmore Drive, Danville, WV (optional pre-registration: https://wv.getmycovidresult.com/)
Braxton County
7:30 AM - 1:30 PM, Braxton County Memorial Hospital parking lot, 100 Hoylman Drive, Gassaway, WV (optional pre-registration: https://labpass.com/en/registration?access_code=Braxton)
Cabell County
8:00 AM- 4:00 PM, Marshall University Campus (parking lot), 1801 6th Avenue, Huntington, WV (optional pre-registration: https://wv.getmycovidresult.com/)
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM, Cabell-Huntington Health Department (parking lot), 703 Seventh Avenue, Huntington, WV (optional pre-registration: https://labpass.com/en/registration?access_code=MavCabell)
Fayette County
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM, Fayette County Health Department, 5495 Maple Lane, Fayetteville, WV
Greenbrier County
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM, State Fair of WV, 891 Maplewood Avenue, Lewisburg, WV (optional pre-registration: https://labpass.com/en/registration?access_code=WVGBC)
Hampshire County
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM, Hampshire Memorial Hospital, 363 Sunrise Boulevard, Romney, WV (optional pre-registration: https://unityphr.com/campaigns/wvlabs/covid)
Jefferson County
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM, Hollywood Casino, 750 Hollywood Drive, Charles Town, WV (optional pre-registration: https://unityphr.com/campaigns/wvlabs/covid)
Lincoln County
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM, Lincoln County Health Department, 8008 Court Avenue, Hamlin, WV (optional pre-registration: https://wv.getmycovidresult.com/)
Logan County
12:00 PM - 5:00 PM, Old 84 Lumber Building, 100 Recovery Road, Peach Creek, WV (optional pre-registration: https://unityphr.com/campaigns/wvlabs/covid)
Mineral County
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM, Potomac State College, Church McKee Art Center, 101 Fort Avenue, Keyser, WV
Mingo County
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM, Matewan Volunteer Fire Department, 306 McCoy Street, Matewan, WV (optional pre-registration: https://labpass.com/en/registration?access_code=WVMGC)
Monongalia County
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM, WVU Recreation Center (lower level), 2001 Rec Center Drive, Morgantown, WV
Monroe County
9:00 AM - 2:00 PM, Appalachian Christian Center, 2812 Seneca Trail South, Peterstown, WV (optional registration: https://labpass.com/en/registration?access_code=WVMRC)
Morgan County
11:00 AM - 5:00 PM, War Memorial Hospital, 1 Health Way, Berkeley Springs, WV (optional pre-registration: https://unityphr.com/campaigns/wvlabs/covid)
Ohio County
9:00 AM - 3:30 PM, Ohio Valley Medical Center (parking lot of former VPC South Building at the top of 22nd Street), 2000 Eoff Street, Wheeling, WV (optional pre-registration: https://roxbylabs.dendisoftware.com/patient_registration/)
Putnam County
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM, Liberty Square Shopping Center, parking lot, 613 Putnam Village, Hurricane, WV (optional pre-registration: https://wv.getmycovidresult.com/)
Raleigh County
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM, Beckley-Raleigh County Health Department, 1602 Harper Road, Beckley, WV (optional pre-registration: https://labpass.com/en/registration?access_code=MavBeckleyRaleigh)
Randolph County
8:00 AM - 3:30 PM, parking lot across from Randolph-Elkins Health Department, 32 Randolph Avenue, Elkins, WV (optional pre-registration: https://labpass.com/en/registration?access_code=WVRDC)
10:00 AM - 3:00 PM, Davis Health Center, 812 Gorman Avenue, Elkins, WV (optional pre-registration: https://unityphr.com/campaigns/wvlabs/covid)
Ritchie County
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM, Ritchie Regional, 135 South Penn Avenue, Harrisville, WV
Summers County
10:00 AM - 3:00 PM, Kroger (parking lot beside Kroger), 302 Stokes Drive, Hinton, WV
Taylor County
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM, Grafton-Taylor County Health Department, 718 West Main Street (parking lot at Operations Trailer), Grafton, WV (optional pre-registration: https://wv.getmycovidresult.com/)
Tyler/Wetzel Counties
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM, Wetzel-Tyler County Health Department, 425 South Fourth Avenue, Paden City, WV (optional pre-registration: https://roxbylabs.dendisoftware.com/patient_registration/)
Upshur County
8:00 AM - 3:30 PM, Buckhannon Fire Department (parking lot), 22 South Florida Street, Buckhannon, WV (optional pre-registration: https://labpass.com/en/registration?access_code=WVUSC)
Wayne County
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM, Wayne County Health Department, 217 Kenova, Avenue, Wayne, WV (optional pre-registration: https://unityphr.com/campaigns/wvlabs/covid)
Wood County
7:30 AM - 3:00 PM, Vienna Baptist Church, 3401 Grand Central Avenue, Vienna, WV (optional pre-registration: https://labpass.com/en/registration?access_code=WVMavWood1)
Swiss citizens will vote tomorrow on whether to eliminate some COVID-19 restrictions including the neutral nations controversial COVID certificate, according to reports.
The certificate restricts many public places to those who can provide proof of vaccination, a recent negative test, or recovery from a past infection, according to the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation.
It has been the subject of protests especially since the Swiss government stopped providing free COVID-19 tests. Critics have alleged its effectively a vaccine passport.
Sundays referendum is the second time COVID controls in the country will be put to voters. In a summer referendum, 60 percent backed the governments COVID law, according to the SBC.
Turnout is expected to be higher for this weekends vote.
A poll by Swiss broadcaster SRG found the COVID-19 law was expected to survive again, with 61 percent of likely voters in favor, 38 percent opposed, and one percent undecided, according to Bloomberg.
Fewer than 65 percent of Swiss are fully-vaccinated a lower percentage than in most of Western Europe, the outlet reported.
