Northam on Va. vaccine rollout: No question that we need to speed the process up
RICHMOND â In the last few weeks of a harrowing year, Virginiaâs vaccination campaign was met with a gaping mismatch of supply and demand, fluctuating federal estimates and inconsistent messaging that left it trailing behind the majority of states. For now, its troubled rollout doesnât reflect the optimistic mass mobilization imagined by state officials.
Yet as Virginia continues to grapple with the missteps that impeded its efforts in the first place, state officials are promising residents the next phase of vaccinations will begin by the end of January and pressuring Virginia health systems to speed up vaccinations to match the ambition.
VCU Health responds to why some non-frontline workers are receiving COVID-19 vaccine
After a few WTVR CBS 6 viewers reached out asking why some employees at VCU Health System who are not frontline workers in daily direct contact with COVID-19 patients received the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, we investigated who is currently eligible to receive the vaccine, and found out they do qualify.
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RICHMOND, Va. After a few WTVR CBS 6 viewers reached out asking why some employees at VCU Health System who are not frontline workers in daily direct contact with COVID-19 patients received the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, we investigated who is currently eligible to receive the vaccine, and found out they do qualify.
More than 5,000 people in Virginia have lost their lives to COVID-19 since March 14. That s an average of more than 500 deaths per month, almost 120 per week and
The task of delivering shots during a pandemic that has killed 340,000 U.S. residents so far is taxing a largely private medical system designed to maximize profit rather than deliver public health.