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March 21, 2020 - WVU in the News: Coronavirus

WVU coronavirus (COVID-19) news for March 21, 2020:

WBOY-TV
https://www.wboy.com/news/health/coronavirus/wvu-extension-service-offers-safety-tips-for-disinfecting-your-home/
https://www.wboy.com/news/health/coronavirus/wvu-reduces-scholarship-requirements-after-recent-academic-changes-amid-covid-19-pandemic/

The Daily Athenaeum
https://www.thedaonline.com/wvu-eases-scholarship-requirements-in-light-of-academic-changes-amid/article_8c9c3320-6aff-11ea-b3bd-2b3bc8c3df8d.html

Mash Viral
https://mashviral.com/wvu-extension-company-presents-protection-recommendations-for-disinfecting-your-house/

Blue Gold News
https://bluegoldnews.com/west-virginia-mountaineers/emotions-strong-as-wvu-rowing-team-gathered-for-final-time/

WV News

https://www.wvnews.com/news/wvnews/bear-down-and-buckle-up-governor-urges-west-virginians-to/article_3da79fe1-6dc4-58a7-8743-243dd971698b.html

The Dominion Post
https://www.dominionpost.com/2020/03/21/justice-says-hes-not-ready-to-close-down-the-state-over-covid-19/

The Martinsburg Journal
https://www.journal-news.net/journal-news/gov-justice-not-ready-to-close-west-virginia-as-residents/article_b285b10f-c231-5d63-a28a-274b10285354.html

The Huntington Herald Dispatch
https://www.herald-dispatch.com/coronavirus/justice-urges-action-takes-none-as-number-of-confirmed-cases/article_ee875656-2aae-57da-9eac-360e2eaffb21.html

The Beckley Herald Register
https://www.register-herald.com/health/justice-some-not-taking-covid--as-seriously-as-they/article_4d8cde0f-2e23-5aa5-8c23-e0a2f75e4b0d.html

WV Public Broadcasting
https://www.wvpublic.org/post/gov-urges-stay-home-save-lives-coronavirus-address

WSAZ-TV
https://www.wsaz.com/content/news/Interview-with-WVa-Gov-Jim-Justice-following-his-statewide-address-569002351.html

WBOY-TV
https://www.wboy.com/news/health/coronavirus/wv-gov-jim-justice-to-give-latest-coronavirus-update-on-saturday-evening-broadcast/

WV MetroNews
WVU Medicine President and CEO Albert Wright on Talkline with Hoppy Kercheval. The segment begins at 38:50.
http://media.wvmetronews.com/media/03212012926-talklinesaturday032120.mp3

Corresponding article
http://wvmetronews.com/2020/03/21/covid-19-testing-in-w-va-starts-to-ramp-up/

The Dominion Post
https://www.dominionpost.com/2020/03/21/145940/

WBOY-TV
https://www.wboy.com/news/health/coronavirus/wvu-expert-says-the-economic-impact-of-covid-19-could-be-devastating-for-west-virginia-and-the-nation/

WTOV-TV
https://wtov9.com/news/coronavirus/two-cases-of-coronavirus-confirmed-in-marshall-co

WTRF-TV
https://www.wtrf.com/news/health/coronavirus/donning-masks-and-kits-frontline-warriors-fed-by-community-as-drive-thru-testing-presses-on/

WTRF-TV
https://www.wtrf.com/news/health/coronavirus/high-winds-closing-off-site-covid-19-testing-center-one-hour-early/

Herald Star
https://www.heraldstaronline.com/opinion/local-columns/2020/03/guest-column-our-community-shows-compassion-resiliency-and-strength/

Times Leader
https://www.timesleaderonline.com/news/local-news/2020/03/corona-case-reportedly-hospitalized/

Weirton Daily Times
https://www.weirtondailytimes.com/news/local-news/2020/03/wheeling-site-performs-nearly-50-covid-19-tests-on-first-day