HARLESTON, W.Va. (WCHS) — U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., made stops Saturday in Charleston and Rock Branch to tour vaccination and distribution facilities.
Capito toured the Charleston vaccine clinic, the largest in the state, and received a briefing on the latest vaccine efforts from local health, city and state officials.
“It’s an honor to welcome Senator Capito to our clinic and show her how Kanawha County and West Virginia are leading the way in COVID-19 vaccine distribution,” Dr. Sherri Young, health officer and executive director of the Kanawha-Charleston Health Department, said in a news release. “She and her team have worked hard to support our vaccination efforts and it will be wonderful for her to see it in person.”
After the clinic, the senator visited a National Guard warehouse in Rock Branch that stores and distributes PPE, syringes, biohazard containers, ventilators and other equipment necessary to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.
“West Virginians continue to show incredible resiliency in overcoming the many challenges of the COVID pandemic, and our state’s National Guard has been at the forefront every step of the way,” Capito said. “It was great to see firsthand the work being done to ensure our medical facilities and other organizations have the equipment they need to keep people safe, as well as how local groups are pitching in help those in need provide food for their families.”
She also toured a regional food bank on site that the National Guard, West Virginia Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster, Facing Hunger Food Bank and Mountaineer Food Bank operate as part of a joint partnership, according to the news release.