BRHD and UVA Health System launch new COVID-19 vaccination site
BRHD and UVA Health launch new COVID-19 vaccination site By Riley Wyant | January 29, 2021 at 7:29 PM EST - Updated January 29 at 7:31 PM
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - University of Virginia Health System and the Blue Ridge Health District are launching a new COVID-19 vaccination site in Charlottesville. They are hoping this will pick up the pace of vaccine distribution.
UVA Health will give the vaccines at Seminole Square in a building next to Marshalls starting on Sunday. The Blue Ridge Health District is overseeing the distribution as a whole.
“It’s a larger space so we’ll have the capability of providing more vaccinations, as long as we have the supply,” UVA Medical Center CEO Wendy Horton said. “That will be an efficient vaccination location.”
On Wednesday, the Virginia Department of Health released a new dashboard to track how many doses of vaccine each of Virginia’s 35 health districts have received.
BRHD explains how to register for COVID-19 vaccine in phase 1b
BRHD explains how to register for COVID-19 vaccine in phase 1b By Rachel Hirschheimer | January 18, 2021 at 3:43 PM EST - Updated January 18 at 6:22 PM
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - The Blue Ridge Health District expanded access to the coronavirus vaccine to folks in phase 1b Monday, January 18. However, many are wondering where they can sign up for the shot and how soon can they get it.
“This process is what we’re going to have to follow to make sure that we get that vaccine,” BRHD Deputy Public Information Officer Jason Elliott said.
UVA Health helping Blue Ridge Health District with its COVID-19 vaccination efforts
UVA Health helping Blue Ridge Health District with its COVID-19 vaccination efforts By Rachel Hirschheimer | January 15, 2021 at 3:44 PM EST - Updated January 18 at 9:48 AM
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - University of Virginia Health will be assisting the Blue Ridge Health District with its vaccination efforts to help speed up the COVID-19 shot process.
On Friday, the health system announced it will be sending vaccinators from its hospital to the health district early next week.
“We’re continuing to vaccinate our employees and we’re working right now to look at how we’re going to be moving into phase 1b and 1c and in concert with the Blue Ridge Health District,” Dr. Costi Sifri of UVA Health said.
BRHD expands COVID vaccinations to phase 1B recipients Coronavirus vaccines (FILE) (Source: WVIR) By Elizabeth Holmes | January 15, 2021 at 4:49 PM EST - Updated January 15 at 4:53 PM
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - The Blue Ridge Health District announced Friday it will begin phase 1B of the coronavirus vaccine roll-out this coming Monday, January 18.
Phase 1B includes frontline essential workers like police, teachers, and grocery workers. The phase now also includes those age 65 and older and those with pre-existing conditions between the ages of 16 through 64.
Registration for the vaccine can be accessed on the health district’s website.
BRHD Release January 15, 2021
Beginning, Monday, January 18, the Blue Ridge Health District (BRHD) will expand vaccination to “Phase 1b” priority groups at closed “point of dispensing” (POD) COVID-19 vaccination clinics. Phase 1b is the second group eligible to receive the vaccine, and includes police, fire and hazmat respo