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At around 9 a.m. on Jan. 15, Yodit Gulelat, the owner of Van Dorn Pharmacy, found herself facing down a growing line of elderly patients eager to get their COVID-19 vaccinations. The pharmacy had just received its first batch of Moderna vaccine doses from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the line outside her door was ballooning. Gulelat, who immigrated to the U.S. from Ethiopia in 1986, worked non-stop to process the winding line of patients. “I didn’t see her take a sip of water,” Pamela Norton, director of business development for a local architectural firm who had been at the pharmacy throughout the vaccination process, said. ....
By Staff As of Feb.3, there have been 9,544 positive cases of COVID-19 in the City of Alexandria, resulting in 104 fatalities, according to the Virginia Department of Health. In addition, 490 Alexandria residents have been hospitalized because of COVID-19. The Alexandria fatalities include 48 women and 52 men. The race and ethnicity breakdown includes 52 white people, 25 Black people, 17 Latinos, three Asian or Pacific Islanders, two of another race, one of two or more races and one not reported. Of the 104 fatalities, 69 – or about 66% – have been residents age 70 and older. Demographic data is not reported for all cases. Virginia has reported 513,339 cases, including 6,575 deaths and 21,638 hospitalizations as of Feb. 3, according to the VDH. As of Feb.3, there are 904,059 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Virginia, Maryland and D.C., according to the Washington Post. ....