UPDATE: Virginia COVID-19 case numbers top 4,000 for third time
fauquier.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from fauquier.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Hoping to vaccinate millions against COVID-19, officials seek to expand Virginia s health care workforce | News
fauquier.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from fauquier.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Hoping to vaccinate millions against COVID-19, officials seek to expand Virginiaâs health care workforce A provider with Augusta Health administers a dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine this week. (Source: Courtesy of Augusta Health) By Kate Masters | December 21, 2020 at 12:12 PM EST - Updated December 21 at 12:12 PM
As Virginia takes the first steps in an unprecedented vaccination campaign, there are still questions health officials canât answer â from when the vaccine will become widely available to how many doses the state will receive over the next few months.
Another detail theyâre trying to confirm is who will be administering the COVID-19 vaccines. Health Commissioner Dr. Norman Oliver put out an âurgentâ call for volunteers earlier this month, urging health care providers to sign up for the stateâs Medical Reserve Corps. Even in normal times â and with diseases far less deadly than COVID-19 â coordinating a statewide vac
Published: 21 December 2020
The first shipment of the Pfizer Coronavirus vaccine is being distributed across Virginia. The Moderna vaccine was approved over the weekend, and the first shipment was sent out Sunday. More than 370,000 doses of these vaccines are expected in the commonwealth by the end of the year.
WHRV’s Gina Gambony spoke with Virginia State Health Commissioner, Dr. Norman Oliver, about the plan for disbursement.
This conversation took place on Friday, December 18, 2020.
Gina Gambony Thank you for making time for us. Dr. Oliver.
Dr. Norman Oliver Thank you for having me. The disbursement of the vaccine has been planned for many, many months. We developed this plan for a phased vaccination of the population, we re beginning with health care workers, we want to ensure that they are protected from COVID-19 so that they can be there to treat us as we go forward. In addition, on the first phase, we will be vaccinating residents on long term care facilities