Weekly âWalk-up Wednesdayâ vaccination event planned for Richmondâs southside Walk-up Wednesdays to get more people vaccinated By Karina Bolster | May 3, 2021 at 6:29 AM EDT - Updated May 4 at 7:22 PM
RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) - The Richmond City Health District (RCHD) is offering COVID-19 shots to anyone 18 years and older during its weekly âWalk-up Wednesdaysâ vaccination event.
On Wednesday, the city will hold its first walk-up event at George Wythe High School on Richmondâs southside from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.; no appointment is needed.
Johnson & Johnson Walk-up Vaccination Event
Public Health Nurse Amy Snearer hopes to give out 400 COVID-19 vaccines during the five-hour time frame. However, she said they are in desperate need of one age group to make the effort to come out to these events.
A Henrico County firefighter administers a vaccine during a January event. (Photo: Crixell Matthews/VPM News)
Health officials have transformed George Wythe High School in south Richmond into a walk-up COVID-19 vaccination clinic.
The vaccination site opened Wednesday morning, ready to dispense up to 400 doses of the one-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine.
The opening of the George Wythe walk-up clinic comes after the Richmond City Health District shuttered an appointment-only site at the Arthur Ashe Center last Friday. Health officials say they are moving toward smaller community hubs instead, like the vaccination site recently opened in Richmond’s West End at The Islamic Center of Henrico.
News to Know for May 3: More J&J vaccines arrive; Restaurant Revitalization Fund; RPS graduation plans Dr. Danny Avula says more than 19,000 doses will arrive on May 3. (Source: WAVE3) By Adrianna Hargrove | May 3, 2021 at 6:59 AM EDT - Updated May 3 at 6:59 AM
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âThings will not change until people see we careâ: Local leaders, activists march to end gun violence
Community members rally together for change By A.J. Nwoko | May 1, 2021 at 11:05 PM EDT - Updated May 1 at 11:36 PM
RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) - Drawn to George Wythe High School by the sound of drums, community advocates and Southside residents gathered on Saturday to find a solution to gun violence in Richmond after a deadly month of shootings.
The rally was organized in response to a recent rash of violence. Just across the street from George Wythe at the Belt Atlantic Apartments, 30-year-old Sharnez Hill and her 3-month-old baby girl, Neziah, were killed and three others were injured.