CHARLESTON, W.Va. –
Since beginning operations in support of the state’s COVID-19 response 75 days ago, the WVNG has completed 1,197 missions through our six lines of effort of operationalizing of the event, stabilizing the population, providing logistical movement of critical supplies, innovation, state surge capacity and capability, and conducting data analysis to combat the virus. Currently, 660 members of the WVNG are on duty serving the citizens of the State of West Virginia.
This weekend, Task Force CRE and Task Force Medical will once again assist with COVID-19 testing lanes in Berkeley, Jefferson, Kanawha, Mineral and Morgan Counties. To date, Task Force CRE and Task Force Medical have conducted 96 COVID-19 lane support missions testing 5,925 individuals and 3,430 tests as a part of their rapid response mission.
Task Force CRE is continuing to provide PPE training for various businesses, state agencies and first responders. To date, this team has trained 745 businesses, 4,340 personnel and 101 medical or long-term care facilities.
In the last 24 hours, West Virginia Guardsmen and women maintained the missions at the Clarksburg and Huntington Food Banks preparing 1,000 boxes in Huntington and 3,335 boxes in Clarksburg. They also delivered 4,200 meals to Lincoln, Mason, Wood, Webster and Tyler counties via refrigerated trailers.
Task Force Sustainment, our team dedicated to receiving and moving critical supplies across the state, delivered PPE to 7 of 55 county emergency managers yesterday.
West Virginia Guard personnel assisting in sanitization lanes for first responder and public transport vehicles have sanitized 464 vehicles in two locations – Huntington and Charleston – which includes ambulances, police vehicles and public transport buses.
West Virginia National Guard medical personnel augmenting DHHR’s regional epidemiology teams were able to support 159 voluntary COVID-19 mapping engagements and six expedited specimen transfer to the state lab. To date, the state’s seven regional epidemiology teams have conducted more than 8,167 voluntary COVID-19 mappings.
All current and future missions performed by the WVNG are a part of a coordinated state-level public health preparation and response effort for the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak, initiated by Governor Jim Justice, and being led by the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources.
B-roll footage of current and ongoing WVNG missions are available at: www.dvidshub.net/units/wv-ang