Portsmouth has the lowest vaccination rates of the Seven Cities. Virginia Department of Health data shows 57.3% of people in Portsmouth are fully vaccinated.
"We will prefer to have the mask mandate in place, but since the law was passed and signed into law, we will follow the law, of course," Dr. Cardell Patillo, the Portsmouth School Board chair, tells News 3 reporter Leondra Head.
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The Norfolk Department of Public Health, along with the support of local COVID-19 response partners, is holding a vaccination clinic Saturday, October 23, 2021.