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Coplin Health Systems LPN Shavonna Jones, left, administers a COVID-19 vaccination dose to Parkersburg resident Nancy Haislep on Thursday during a clinic at West Virginia University at Parkersburgâs Center for Early Learning.
PARKERSBURG – Hundreds more people received their initial COVID-19 vaccine doses Thursday in Wood County.
The Mid-Ohio Valley Health Department’s clinic at the Center for Early Learning at West Virginia University at Parkersburg served 530 people ages 65 and older, said Carrie Brainard, threat preparedness coordinator for the department.
As of Thursday afternoon there were approximately 6,000 names on the stand-by list, which people can register for online at http://bit.ly/movhdcovid or by calling the 211 information line.
ebevins@newsandsentinel.com Coplin Health Systems LPN Shavonna Jones, left, administers a COVID-19 vaccination dose to Parkersburg resident Nancy Haislep on Thursday during a clinic at West Virginia University at Parkersburg’s Center for Early Learning. (Photo by Evan Bevins) Dr. Darrin Nichols, right, with Coplin Health Systems, asks questions of Parkersburg resident Deby Showalter before giving her a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine Thursday during a clinic at West Virginia University at Parkersburg’s Center for Early Learning. (Photo by Evan Bevins) Mid-Ohio Valley Health Department volunteer Ed Goe gives directions to a person arriving at a COVID-19 vaccination clinic Thursday at West Virginia University at Parkersburg. (Photo by Evan Bevins)
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West Virginia 211 State Director Delaney Laughery answers a phone call Wednesday at the United Way Alliance of the Mid-Ohio Valley office in Parkersburg. The 211 line is registering people 65 and older on the Mid-Ohio Valley Health Departmentâs stand-by list for COVID-19 vaccinations between 8:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.
PARKERSBURG – Within a day of its creation, a stand-by list for people age 65 and older wanting the COVID-19 vaccine grew to more than 5,000 names.
With just 500 vaccination slots available for today’s clinic at West Virginia University at Parkersburg, the department announced Wednesday it would fill those and future appointments from the list, rather than have people call the department.
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West Virginia 211 State Director Delaney Laughery answers a phone call Wednesday at the United Way Alliance of the Mid-Ohio Valley office in Parkersburg. The 211 line is registering people 65 and older on the Mid-Ohio Valley Health Department’s stand-by list for COVID-19 vaccinations between 8:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. (Photo Provided)
PARKERSBURG Within a day of its creation, a stand-by list for people age 65 and older wanting the COVID-19 vaccine grew to more than 5,000 names.
With just 500 vaccination slots available for today’s clinic at West Virginia University at Parkersburg, the department announced Wednesday it would fill those and future appointments from the list, rather than have people call the department.
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DuPont presents a check for $27,000 to Stacy DiCicco of the United Way Alliance of the Mid-Ohio Valley. From left are Dave Emrick of Dupont, DeCicco, Darliss Eichorn of Dupont, Washington Works Plant Manager John Kovaleski and Jacob Beha of Dupont.
WASHINGTON, W.Va. DuPont has given $27,000 to the United Way Alliance of the Mid-Ohio Valley.
The donation comes during a difficult year for the campaign, according to Stacy DeCicco, executive director of the United Way Alliance.
“Dupont continues to be a philanthropic leader in our community,” DeCicco said. “Their management team has led by example once again, in the midst of what is a very challenging campaign year.”