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FAIRMONT, WV - In a 1 p.m. news conference March 13, Gov. Jim Justice announced plans to build a 100-bed hospital in Fairmont in the aftermath of the January announcement that Fairmont Regional Medical Center would close in 60 days.

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CHARLESTON, WV - Officials with the West Virginia Hospital Association say they are monitoring the developments regarding the COVID-19 coronavirus.

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WASHINGTON, DC - When local public health officials contacted Scripps Health on March 9 to tell them one of their patients tested positive for COVID-19, they gave Scripps the option to conceal or disclose the health system's identity during a press conference later that day.

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WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted diagnostics giant Roche Holding AG an emergency approval for an automated coronavirus test, which the company said could increase testing tenfold for the virus that has reached pandemic levels.

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WASHINGTON, DC - State Medicaid programs can only waive copayments for coronavirus testing and treatment if they also suspend copayments for all services, unless they seek a time-consuming Section 1115 waiver, the CMS said Thursday in a new Medicaid guidance to the states on COVID-19.

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WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. senators from West Virginia are urging the public to follow Centers for Disease Control and Prevention regulations to slow the spread of COVID-19 as they work to try to mitigate the damage from the global pandemic.

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CHARLESTON, WV - Gov. Jim Justice has asked all nursing homes in the state to restrict visitors to patients, except to those who are experiencing life-ending or very serious illness.

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