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Justice urges older West Virginians to get the Omicron booster

October 5th, 2022 by WCBC Radio

While many of West Virginia Governor Jim Justice’s regular COVID briefings have centered on other topics in recent months ranging from abortion, to tax cuts to school safety- this week the governor focused primarily on the pandemic. West Virginia’s COVID-19 hospitalizations are back to “reasonable levels”. While the state’s pandemic metrics have shown improvements in recent weeks, Governor Justice noted that  members of the state’s most vulnerable populations continue to die. With flu season coming on, he says it is significantly important that older West Virginians get their Omicron booster…