Newsroom@DominionPost.com As of Friday, Monongalia County Health Department was following nearly 200 COVID-19 variants of concern, including more than 32 cases of the United Kingdom variant [B.1.1.7], […]
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MCHD epidemiologists tracking COVID variants
MORGANTOWN — There are variant strains of COVID-19 in Monongalia County. That’s the bad news, we know. The good news? The epidemiologists at the Monongalia County Health […]
Transmission rate of COVID-19 increasing between people 16-29
State officials said West Virginia is seeing an increase in COVID-19 transmission rates in people between the ages of 16 and 29, as well as more cases […]
Governor: Keep your COVID-19 guard up
Gov. Jim Justice and West Virginia health officials warned the public Wednesday of a potential increase in COVID-19 cases, because reports of the virus are growing in […]
‘No COVID-19 is good COVID-19’
WVU Today West Virginia University scientists knew it was coming. When health officials confirmed the first three cases of a COVID-19 variant in West Virginia late Friday, […]
WVU confirms U.K. variant detected in Morgantown
MORGANTOWN — West Virginia University confirmed three cases of the COVID-19 variant B.1.1.7 have been detected in the Morgantown area — two are WVU students. Genetic sequencing […]