Virginia is sending 8,000 additional COVID-19 vaccine doses to District hospitals as early as next week, D.C. Health Director Dr. LaQuandra Nesbitt said at a news conference Monday — more than the 6,825 vaccine doses the federal government has allotted for the nation’s capital.
The extra doses are meant to cover Northern Virginia residents who work on the front lines fighting the pandemic in D.C.
The collaboration happened over the weekend, Nesbitt said, and details are being finalized.
After front line workers are vaccinated, D.C. can focus on long-term care facilities.
“We have to be able to vaccinate individuals who are in the higher risk groups before we can move to Phase Two and Phase Three, where the general public is,” Nesbitt said.