Local Leaders Request Federal Support for COVID Recovery

Saying the fight against the pandemic is not over in Kanawha County, county commissioners have sent letters to West Virginia’s two U.S. senators asking them to support a bill funding more COVID-19 treatment, vaccines and testing. WCHS TV said the sltters were sent to U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito and U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin requesting their backing for a stand-alone Senate bill that would provide $10.6 billion for the effort across the nation. The letter details the need for funding to support the monoclonal antibody clinic at the Kanawha-Charleston Health Department by providing the antibody therapy treatments, the continuation of offering testing supplies at no charge to all who need a test, including those who are uninsured, and providing funding for the continuation of vaccines.