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148 Barbershops like Another Level Hair Studio have partnered with the health department on vaccine efforts. (Photo/Cody Mello-Klein) As Alexandria attempts to hit its 80% vaccination target by the end of the summer, the health department and various city partners are encountering some challenges to overcoming barriers among the local Black community. In Alexandria, 67.5% of adults age 18 or older have received at least one vaccine dose as of Tuesday, according to the Alexandria Health Department. But the city’s Black residents have received the vaccine at a lower rate than other race and ethnic groups relative to their proportion of the total population: Just 17% of those who have been vaccinated in the city with a race or ethnic designation identified as Black, though Black residents make up 21% of the city’s population. ....
Officials see the expanded eligibility as a way for the state’s 6 million residents to move “closer to herd immunity,” but they have stopped short of adding it to the required immunizations for schools, Mr. Gischler said. “There is currently no mandate to get vaccinated, but we encourage everyone who is eligible to do so to protect themselves, their families and their community,” Mr. Gischler said in the email. “At this time, there are no known plans to add COVID-19 vaccine to the list of immunizations required for school.” In Montgomery County, the state’s most populous jurisdiction, officials are using local vaccination rates to determine when and how to ease coronavirus restrictions. ....
Officials see the expanded eligibility as a way for the state’s 6 million residents to move “closer to herd immunity,” but they have stopped short of adding it to the required immunizations for schools, Mr. Gischler said. “There is currently no mandate to get vaccinated, but we encourage everyone who is eligible to do so to protect themselves, their families and their community,” Mr. Gischler said in the email. “At this time, there are no known plans to add COVID-19 vaccine to the list of immunizations required for school.” In Montgomery County, the state’s most populous jurisdiction, officials are using local vaccination rates to determine when and how to ease coronavirus restrictions. ....
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