The first shipments of COVID-19 vaccines arrived Tuesday in Roanoke against the backdrop of a surge in infections and hospitalizations.
Dr. Cynthia Morrow, director of the Roanoke City and Alleghany Health Districts, said during her weekly media briefing that 1,700 new infections were reported during the past week and that 63 people became so ill they were admitted to a hospital.
âFifteen percent of our cases were reported last week, which is really astonishing to me. Not that itâs unexpected, but nevertheless really disheartening,â she said.
âIt doesnât have to be this way. If everyone did what they needed to do our world would look different right now,â she said. âAs tired as everyone is, as exhausting as this pandemic has been, we donât want to go into the new year in the current positions we are in. I just implore people to do the right thing. Wear your mask, wash your hands, stay physically apart. The vaccine is here. It is being given,
WISE â A two-vehicle crash on U.S. Route 23 near Wise sent six people to area hospitals and blocked traffic Friday evening.
According to Virginia State Police spokesperson Corinne Geller, a 2013 Nissan SUV driven by 56-year-old Mattie Archer of Pound pulled out of a private parking lot in the 6800 block of Orby Cantrell Highway around 4:12 p.m. and across northbound U.S. 23 into the path of a 2000 Dodge Durango driven by 53-year-old Mackfarlin Paragon of Clinchco, Virginia.
Paragon tried to avoid the Nissan, Geller said, but the vehicles collided and ended up in the southbound lanes of U.S. 23, blocking traffic in both directions and forcing a detour of traffic to Old Indian Creek Road.
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