Health officer encourages day care workers to get tested The Kanawha-Charleston Health Department and the Kanawha County Emergency Ambulance Authority will hold its third community drive-up COVID-19 testing event Friday, May 1, 2020 at Bible Center Church, 100 Bible Center Way, Charleston. The testing event will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. “We […]
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KCHD, KCEAA, CAMC test for COVID-19 at Charleston facility
A team from the Kanawha-Charleston Health Department, Kanawha County Emergency Ambulance Authority and Charleston Area Medical Center on Wednesday tested 52 patients and 92 staff of Meadowbrook Acres Nursing Center in Charleston for COVID-19. Today’s testing is part of KCHD’s effort to help test or retest for COVID-19 in all Kanawha County nursing homes and […]
Twenty-six tested during drive-up COVID-19 testing event
The Kanawha-Charleston Health Department and the Kanawha County Emergency Ambulance Authority tested 26 people for COVID-19 Tuesday during a drive-up community testing event at KCEAA. “We’re glad to be able to offer this to the community and get more people tested for this disease,” said Dr. Sherri Young, KCHD health officer and executive director. Tuesday’s […]
Nursing home and long-term care facility testing to be completed this week in Kanawha County
The Kanawha-Charleston Health Department announced Monday it is helping to test staff and residents of all nursing homes and long-term care facilities within Kanawha County. All testing within the county should be completed by Friday, April 24. Last week, Governor Jim Justice issued an executive order that all nursing home residents and staff members were […]
Health Department confirms first COVID-19 related death in Kanawha County
The Kanawha-Charleston Health Department on Sunday confirmed the death of a male COVID-19 patient from the Eastbrook Rehabilitation Center in Kanawha County. This is the first death associated with COVID-19 in Kanawha County. “This is not unexpected, but it is tragic,” said Dr. Sherri Young, health officer and executive director of the Kanawha-Charleston Health Department. […]
Additional Eastbrook patient tests positive. Patients, staff to be retested
The Kanawha-Charleston Health Department announced Friday that an additional patient of the Eastbrook skilled nursing facility in Charleston has tested positive for COVID-19. This brings the total cases associated with the facility to eight. (One person that was previously reported to be positive had a second negative test and therefore is not counted in the […]
KCHD, KCEAA to hold community COVID-19 testing event
The Kanawha-Charleston Health Department and the Kanawha County Emergency Ambulance Authority will hold a community drive-up COVID-19 testing event Tuesday. The testing event will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday, April 21 at the ambulance authority, 601 Brooks Street in Charleston. “We know that testing for COVID-19 is very important to stopping the […]
Six more positive tests at Riverside. Officials urge stay the course.
Six more positive cases of COVID-19 were confirmed overnight at Riverside Health and Rehabilitation Center in Jefferson. This brings the total number of confirmed cases among patients to 16. Tests are still pending on employees. “Despite what all the models say,” according to Dr. Sherri Young, “We may be seeing our surge in Charleston and […]
Nine additional patients test positive for COVID-19 at Jefferson facility
Largest number of tests from any single facility The Kanawha-Charleston Health Department announced Thursday that nine more patients of the Riverside Nursing and Rehabilitation Center at 6500 MacCorkle Avenue in Jefferson have tested positive for COVID-19. One hospitalized patient had previously tested positive. “We’ve been talking about a surge, and we’re seeing it,” according to […]
West Virginia National Guard tests for COVID-19 at Jefferson facility
The West Virginia National Guard is currently testing 75 patients on-site at the Riverside Nursing and Rehabilitation Center at 6500 MacCorkle Avenue for COVID-19. Dr. Sherri Young, Kanawha-Charleston Health Department health officer and executive director, is assisting the Guard by running incident command for testing. Monica Mason, education director for the Kanawha County Emergency Ambulance […]
Three more people test positive for COVID-19 at Eastbrook facility
The Kanawha-Charleston Health Department on Thursday announced that three more people have tested positive for COVID-19 at the Eastbrook skilled nursing facility at 3819 Chesterfield Avenue in Charleston. The total number of COVID-19 positive patients and staff members at the facility is now eight. A combined team from KCHD, Charleston Area Medical Center, the West […]
Health officer urges residents to celebrate Passover, Easter holidays at home
With the Passover and Easter holidays upon us, KCHD health officer Dr. Sherri Young on Wednesday urged residents who wish to celebrate to do so in their own homes in order to help stop the spread of COVID-19. “I know how important these holidays are to many people, and how much we enjoy celebrating them […]
Three new positive COVID-19 cases at Eastbrook Center
The Kanawha-Charleston Health Department on Tuesday announced that three more people associated with the Eastbrook Center at 3819 Chesterfield Avenue in Charleston have tested positive for COVID-19. The total number of COVID-19 cases at the facility is now five (four patients and one employee). A combined team from KCHD, Charleston Area Medical Center, the West […]
124 residents, 39 staff members of Eastbrook Center tested for COVID-19
124 residents, 39 staff members of Eastbrook Center tested for COVID-19 Quick Action Helps Curtail the Spread of Virus On Monday morning, a combined team from the Kanawha-Charleston Health Department, the West Virginia National Guard, Kanawha County Emergency Ambulance Authority and Charleston Area Medical Center went to the Eastbrook Center at 3819 Chesterfield Avenue in […]
Combined team tests for Coronavirus at Eastbrook Center
Officials from the Charleston Police Department will be onsite to control the flow of traffic into the facility A combined team from Charleston Area Medical Center, the Kanawha-Charleston Health Department, the West Virginia National Guard and the Kanawha County Emergency Ambulance Authority is going to Eastbrook Center at 3819 Chesterfield Avenue in Charleston to test approximately […]