Following the Coronavirus

‘Healing Is Coming’: U.S. Health Workers Start Getting Vaccine

(AP) — The biggest vaccination campaign in U.S. history kicked off Monday as health workers rolled up their sleeves for shots to protect them from COVID-19 and start beating back the pandemic — a day of optimism even as the nation’s death toll hit a staggering 300,000. “I feel hopeful ...

Hospitals Begin Vaccine Rollouts to Healthcare Workers

COVID-19 vaccinations will begin Tuesday morning for front-line workers at both Wheeling Hospital and Reynolds Memorial Hospital, a massive step in curbing the spread of a virus that claimed three more lives between Ohio and Marshall counties. The hospitals’ front-line workers represent the ...

Wheeling Hospital to Begin Vaccinating Front-Line Staff for COVID-19 Tuesday

Wheeling Hospital announced Monday that it will begin vaccinating its front-line staff for COVID-19 beginning Tuesday morning. Hospital assistant vice-president Tony Martinelli said hospital workers were driving to Morgantown on Monday to pick up the vaccine. “Our staff has done a great job ...

COVID-19 Vaccine Shipments Begin

PORTAGE, Michigan (AP) — The first of many freezer-packed COVID-19 vaccine vials made their way to distribution sites across the United States on Sunday, as the nation’s pandemic deaths approached the horrifying new milestone of 300,000. The rollout of the Pfizer vaccine, the first to be ...

Opinions Vary On When W.Va. Inmates Should be Vaccinated for COVID-19

CHARLESTON — As the U.S. Food and Drug Administration gave approval Friday for the first of two COVID-19 vaccines, some believe inmates in West Virginia prisons and regional jails should be higher on the list to get the vaccine first. But officials said earlier this week that correctional officers and staff will get the vaccine long before inmates get their turn. According to the West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation, there are 189 active cases of COVID-19 in the 10 regional jails as of Friday with 129 active cases in the 11 correctional centers and prisons and ...

The Wheeling-Ohio County Health Department announced Sunday night the 30th COVID-19-related death in Ohio County since the pandemic began. The department reported one new death in its Sunday report, a person who had been a resident in a long-term care facility at the time of their passing. ...