Gov. Ralph Northam give a thumbs-up after receiving his COVID-19 vaccine. (Photo: Steve Helber/AP)
Gov. Ralph Northam and First Lady Pamela Northam received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine Monday, just over one year after COVID-19 was first recorded in the Commonwealth.
“The good news is that there’s finally some light at the end of this long, dark tunnel,” said Governor Northam.
He pointed to decreasing test positivity rates in Virginia and increasing vaccine availability as signs the pandemic is subsiding. The governor stressed the safety and efficacy of all three available vaccines: Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson.
A Virginia National Guard team administered the shots. The state military branch has five teams able to travel the state and vaccinate about 250 people each per day.
Governor and First Lady receive Johnson & Johnson COVID vaccine Photo: WINA
RICHMOND (WINA) – With the news from the Virginia Department of Health this (Monday) morning of more than a-million Virginians fully vaccinated against COVID-19, Governor Ralph Northam and First Lady Pam Northam got their vaccines in the Executive Mansion this afternoon. Nurses with the Virginia National Guard, with Adjutant General Timothy Williams looking on, administered the Johnson & Johnson brand. That means they only get stuck once.
Both got the shots in their left arms with the First Lady removing a yellow jacket for her shot, and the Governor taking off a dress shirt and took the shot in a white undershirt. Addressing the media before taking the shot, he highlighted good news in Virginia with case numbers and percentages going down, and vaccination numbers and rates going up.
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4 former correctional officers sentenced to prison for inmateâs death
âTheir actions are a disgrace to all correctional officers who serve ethically and continue to maintain high moral standards throughout our correctional facilities.â
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In March 2014, Nimali Henry, 19, was sent to jail on charges of simple battery, disturbing the peace, and unauthorized entry after getting into an altercation while trying to retrieve her four-month-old daughter from the childâs father. Suffering from thrombocytopenic purpura, or TTP, a rare disorder that causes clots to form in small blood vessels throughout the body, Henry required medication for the life-threatening condition.
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Debra Becnel, 60, was sentenced to three months in prison after pleading guilty to lying to the FBI about failing to adequately report the grave medical condition of Nimali Henry. Henry, 19, died of a rare but treatable blood disorder inside an isolation cell inside the jail on April 1, 2014.
Lisa Vaccarella, 58, was sentenced to 21 months after pleading to lying to the FBI and misprision, or concealing a felony. In her plea agreement documents, Vaccarella admitted that she “observed Henry in the isolation cell, lying unclothed face-down on the floor, breathing heavily.”