NEW YORK — U.S. health officials have sparked a wave of confusion after posting guidelines that coronavirus testing is not necessary for people who have been in close contact with infected people. The new guidance was posted earlier this week on the website of a federal agency, the Centers ...
WHEELING — Wheeling University learned of two positive cases of COVID-19 during recent testing on campus, while other colleges in the Northern Panhandle still are awaiting final results on the testing they have conducted. “We have been notified by the Wheeling-Ohio County Health Department that two students have tested positive for COVID-19,” Wheeling University President Ginny Favede said. “According to the health department, both individuals are asymptomatic. The students have been placed in isolation and/or have returned home. “The university is working with the Health ...
CHARLESTON — West Virginia’s most populous county joined two others in being in danger of having public school athletics and extracurricular activities called off due to the coronavirus pandemic. Kanawha County was listed Wednesday in orange on a color-coded map used as thresholds for in-person attendance and extracurricular activities at schools, which open statewide Sept. 8. Most of the state’s 55 counties are among the lowest rates of community-spread virus cases depicted in green. The other categories are yellow, orange and red. Colors for counties with populations of ...
As South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster prepared to announce the end of a coronavirus stay-at-home order, his top staff received an email from the state health department. The message, highlighted in bold, was clear: Wait longer before allowing customers back inside restaurants, hair salons ...
CHARLESTON — Gov. Jim Justice said the new school re-entry metrics for coronavirus cases and color-code system will be tweaked slightly due to feedback and media criticism received over the weekend, criticisms echoed by Justice’s Democratic opponent. Justice, speaking Monday during his ...
CHARLESTON — West Virginia continued another week of decreases in coronavirus cases, though deaths continue to set records. The number of positive cases between Aug. 3 and 6 was 1,632, which is a 14-percent decrease in positive cases from the previous 14 days. As of Sunday — the most ...
