(WOLO) – A ventilator prototype has been developed by Prisma Health experts that could give hospitals the ability to treat more COVID-19 patients with the same amount of ventilators. The device did not already have FDA approval but the the FDA issued an emergency use authorization. The device called vesper allows a single ventilator to support up to four patients….
Pope Francis Dublin, Ireland, Aug. 25, 2018. Clodagh Kilcoyne/Reuters Rome (WOLO) — As the numbers of coronavirus (COVID-19) patients continues to grow around the world and here in South Carolina Pope Francis is extending an invitation to anyone of faith around the world to join him in prayer. Starting Wednesday morning March 25th, 2020 at 7AM, people around the world…
Image: SC DHEC logo Image Columbia, SC (WOLO) — The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) has announced two additional deaths in South Carolina bringing the total number of deaths statewide to 7. Jonathan Knoche, a physician with DHEC released a statement writing, “Sadly, we have to announce again today that we’ve lost fellow South Carolinians due…
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COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– The US Small Business Association has approved Governor Henry McMaster’s request for the agency to offer disaster assistance to small businesses in the state . Small businesses in the state can now qualify for low interest federal disaster loans if they have suffered substantial economic injury. All 46 counties in South Carolina are included in the declaration….
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(WOLO) – Two teenagers have been arrested for the murder of a Sumter man in February. Jameek Kelly, 17, and Traquan Jones, 19, both face a murder charge for the death of a man found inside his home on Seilder Drive on Feb. 20. The victim was Maurice James, 27. According to a news release Friday evening, multiple witnesses told…
(WOLO) – Two more people in South Carolina have died after contracting coronavirus, according to DHEC. The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control reported the state’s second and third deaths related to COVID-19, Friday night. Tonight, two more South Carolinians have succumbed to COVID-19. Please join me in praying for their families and for their communities for their…
Columbia, SC (WOLO) — Publix is setting aside shopping time for those most at risk of contracting the coronavirus. Publix says Tuesdays and Wednesdays from seven to eight a-m will be designated for customers 65 and older. This will start on Tuesday March 24th. The pharmacy will also open at seven on those days to serve the senior population. For…
Richland Co., SC (WOLO) — usually buses bring kids to school, but today the buses brought school to the kids. Thursday morning Richland One Superintendent Dr. Craig Witherspoon and H.B. Rhame Elementary Principal Dr. Monica Owens-Carter and other volunteers delivered learning packets to students. Educators say they want to make sure students forced to stay home during the coronavirus outbreak…
