Vaccination: How To Get the COVID-19 Vaccine
Posted by Staff | Jan 27, 2021 | News | |
When can I get a COVID-19 vaccine?
The vaccine is currently available for the following groups:
1a: Healthcare Workers and Long-Term Care Residents
1b: Frontline Essential Workers, Persons Aged 65 years and Older, People Living in Correctional Facilities, Homeless Shelters and Migrant Labor Camps, and Persons Aged 16-64 years with a high-risk medical condition or disability that increases their risk of severe illness from COVID-19.
Vaccine supply is limited. It will take time to vaccinate people included in Phase 1b. Local health districts across Virginia are working as quickly as possible to vaccinate people eligible for Phases 1a and 1b.
RSS Feeds:
Why It is Critical for Workers in Out-of-School Settings to Qualify for Vaccine Eligibility Within the Education Sector
The American Camp Association, along with the Afterschool Alliance, the Boys and Girls Clubs of America, JCC Association of North America, and the YMCA of the USA, make a strong case to have out-of-school time workers eligible for COVID-19 vaccine at the same time as the Education sector. Martinsville, IN, December 22, 2020 (PR.com) Last Thursday, December 10, the American Camp Association (ACA), along with the Afterschool Alliance, the Boys and Girls Clubs of America, JCC Association of North America, and the YMCA of the USA, made a strong case to have out-of-school time workers supporting the education of our children and adult learners in a myriad of settings classified as “Essential Critical Infrastructure Workers” and made eligible for vaccinations coincident with other workers in the Education sector as defined the Department of Homeland