CHARLESON, W.Va. –
Since beginning operations in support of the state’s COVID-19 response 78 days ago, the WVNG has completed 1,315 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, 637 members of the WVNG are on duty serving the citizens of the State of West Virginia.
Today, Task Force CRE and Task Force Medical continue their mission of assisting with COVID-19 testing lanes in Berkeley, Jefferson, Kanawha, Mineral and Morgan Counties. Yesterday, they tested 1,648 individuals in the five counties. To date, Task Force CRE and Task Force Medical have conducted 101 COVID-19 lane support missions testing 7,573 individuals and 3,430 tests as a part of their rapid response mission.
Task Force Sustainment, our team dedicated to receiving and moving critical supplies across the state, delivered PPE to 22 of 55 county emergency managers yesterday.
West Virginia Guard personnel assisting in sanitization lanes for first responder and public transport vehicles have sanitized 493 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 190 voluntary COVID-19 mapping engagements and two expedited specimen transfer to the state lab. To date, the state’s seven regional epidemiology teams have conducted more than 9,220 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.