Maj. Gen. James Hoyer, the Adjutant General of the West Virginia National Guard, highlighted the support the Guard has provided to the citizens of West Virginia throughout the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic during today’s press briefing.
In the past 80 days, the WVNG has completed 1,322 missions for COVID-19 response. Of significant note, the Guard has boxed and delivered more than 320,000 meals for food insecure West Virginians; moved more than 2.5 million critical personal protective equipment (PPE) items to all 55 counties; tested over 10,000 individuals through drive through testing lanes or rapid response missions; trained more than 4,500 civilians and 793 businesses in best practices and created over 77,000 items of our own PPE.