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Crater Health District launches rotating clinics to get COVID-19 shots for Phase 1a group
The clinics are held weekly throughout the district, and you can get the shot at any of them regardless of where you live. It is by appointment only.
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PETERSBURG The Crater Health District has announced it will hold COVID-19 vaccination clinics for those who are in the phase 1a priority group for getting the shot.
The first of the clinics was held Friday at the Human Services Building in Prince George County, said county administrator Percy C. Ashcraft. They will be held on subsequent Saturdays at the same location and will be accessible for all healthcare workers and others who are part of the first wave of eligible recipients as set by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
RICHMOND Gov. Ralph S. Northam says Virginia can be faster at administering COVID-19 vaccines and it will.
On Wednesday, Northam set a goal of 25,000 shots administered per week that he wants to be reached as soon as possible. But he said that also depends upon two factors, the supply of the vaccine and the speed in which it can be given. We can be faster and we re going to be faster, the governor said at a Wednesday afternoon news conference. That starts with a simple message, use it or lose it. Empty those freezers and get shots in arms,
Right now, Virginia s 23% vaccination rate is fifth-worst in the nation, according to numbers from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, trailing Kansas, Georgia, Arizona and Louisiana.