But in the outer suburbs south and west of the D.C. region, the vaccination rate drops dramatically. About 53% of adults are fully vaccinated in Stafford and Spotsylvania counties, while 56% are vaccinated in Culpeper County and 61% in Fauquier County. Only about 46% of adults are vaccinated in Warren County.
Health officials in Fauquier County and beyond are turning to community leaders now, hoping they can help bump up the vaccination rates From my heart to yours, I say to you, please get the shot, Pastor Tyronne Champion of Truel Deliverance Ministries says in a public service announcement for VaccinatePiedmont.com.
Doctors and faith leaders in the region have recorded PSAs encouraging people to get vaccinated.
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Doses of vaccine administered totaled 8,182 Tuesday morning in Fauquier, with 1,417 people completing the two-shot regimen.
Getting The Vaccine
Under âPhase 1b,â all Virginians 65 and older may register â along with those 16 to 64 with certain medical conditions.
On the website,
Fauquier County has a call center to help at 540-422-0111.
The health department also has a hotline: 540-316-6302.
The number of people who want the vaccine far outnumbers the supply. It will require patience.
Fauquier Health vaccination information. Fauquier has its 35th death attributed to the coronavirus, the
The patient died Nov. 20, according to Dr. Wade Kartchner, director of the five-county Rappahannock Rapidan Health District.
Hospital clinic to expand vaccination effort here
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The county has assigned career medics to help administer the vaccine in cooperation with Fauquier Health and other community partners. People need to understand itâs not gonna happen overnight. Itâs gonna take months. Chad Melton, Fauquier Health CEO
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Editor Fauquier Health plans to administer 400 doses of COVID-19 vaccine Monday, Jan. 25 â the countyâs largest rollout of the shots so far to those beyond healthcare, emergency services, education and local government employees.
The hospital will use The Bistro as a clinic to vaccinate patients who have appointments set through the Virginia Department of Health, Fauquier Health CEO Chad Melton said in an interview Thursday morning.
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