Virginiaโs smallest county set to defy school mask mandateOn Thursday night, hours after Virginia issued a universal mask mandate for all schools, one school board voted to not follow suit.
Health leader says COVID-19 Delta variant cases are creeping up in VirginiaThursday marked the largest single-day increase of COVID-19 cases in Virginia since Valentineโs Day, according to the Virginia Department of Health.
As Southwest Virginia sees rise in COVID-19 cases, health leaders urge vaccinationHealth officials said that itโs highly discouraging that the numbers continue to rise.
Unvaccinated are 25x more likely to be hospitalized from Delta variant, say health expertsAs cases from the Delta variant of COVID-19 continue to rise, health officials are sounding the alarm.
WHO: Delta variant is โmost transmissibleโ identified so farThe head of the World Health Organization said the COVID-19 delta variant, first seen in India, is โthe most transmissible of the variants identified so far,โ and warned it is now spreading in at least 85 countries.