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Aug. 17, 2021 - WVU in the News: Coronavirus

WVU coronavirus (COVID-19) news for Aug. 17, 2021:

The Parkersburg News and Sentinel
https://www.newsandsentinel.com/news/local-news/2021/08/justice-walking-fine-line-between-groups-on-pandemic-response/

The Bluefield Daily Telegraph
https://www.bdtonline.com/news/active-covid-19-cases-soar-to-almost-6-000-and-expected-to-rise-higher/article_87d17a76-fef1-11eb-b7e6-5f5604b9fc40.html

West Virginia Public Broadcasting
https://www.wvpublic.org/health-science/2021-08-17/q-a-wvu-law-professor-on-the-legality-of-vaccine-requirements

WV MetroNews “Talkline” - A segment with Dr. Clay Marsh begins at the start of the show.
https://www.spreaker.com/user/11096951/talkline-for-tuesday-august-17-2021

100 Days in Appalachia
https://www.100daysinappalachia.com/2021/08/west-virginia-once-led-in-vaccinations-now-its-looking-to-trusted-voices-to-overcome-high-hesitancy/

The Associated Press
https://apnews.com/article/health-education-coronavirus-pandemic-wv-state-wire-west-virginia-ba6efa99fab925c83b98fcc7f9b49a17

The (Charleston) Gazette-Mail
https://www.wvgazettemail.com/news/education/in-reversal-wvu-now-requiring-masks-in-class-even-for-vaccinated-people/article_0c7fe7e8-bdbc-5c7a-92ac-0d1fc97134c2.html

WSAZ-TV
https://www.wsaz.com/2021/08/17/wvu-temporarily-reinstates-mask-requirements-classrooms-labs/

WV MetroNews
https://wvmetronews.com/2021/08/17/wvu-will-begin-semester-with-masks-in-classrooms/

WCHS-TV
https://wchstv.com/news/local/wvu-requiring-face-masks-in-classrooms-labs-for-next-30-days

Pittsburgh Business Times
https://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/news/2021/08/17/wvu-reinstate-masking-requirement.html

WBOY-TV
https://www.wboy.com/top-stories/wvu-temporarily-reinstates-mask-requirements/

WDTV-TV
https://www.wdtv.com/2021/08/17/wvu-temporarily-reinstate-mask-requirement/

WV News
https://www.wvnews.com/morgantownnews/news/west-virginia-university-temporarily-reinstates-mask-requirement-in-classrooms-labs/article_76770086-ff8f-11eb-8087-ebbd41280de3.html

The Dominion Post
https://www.dominionpost.com/2021/08/17/wvu-to-temporarily-reinstate-mask-requirement-in-classrooms-labs/

The Daily Athenaeum
https://www.thedaonline.com/news/coronavirus/masks-are-back-wvu-will-require-masks-in-classrooms/article_a1bace3e-ff90-11eb-bd92-d712bd79ed92.html

WOWK-TV
https://www.wowktv.com/news/west-virginia/west-virginia-university-reinstates-temporary-face-mask-policies-in-classrooms/

KDKA-TV
https://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2021/08/17/west-virginia-university-mask-requirement/

WTAE-TV
https://www.wtae.com/article/west-virginia-university-temporarily-reinstates-mask-requirement/37331198

WTOV-TV
https://wtov9.com/news/local/wvu-revises-masking-guidelines

The (Charleston) Gazette-Mail (Editorial)
https://www.wvgazettemail.com/opinion/editorial/gazette-mail-editorial-justice-out-of-time-to-wait-and-see/article_99fa3b12-6e7f-54f9-b643-5af45c5b3d13.html