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In an announcement Wednesday, President Biden required nursing homes to mandate the COVID vaccine to their staff or lose federal Medicare and Medicaid funding, a requirement some continuing care communities had already implemented in Central Virginia. ....
A staff member of WindsorMeade receives a dose of the Pfizer vaccine. (WYDaily/Courtesy of WindsorMeade) On Wednesday, both residents and team members at WindsorMeade, an active senior living retirement community in Williamsburg, received doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. The vaccination process began at 10 a.m. on Wednesday morning with Walgreens coordinating, scheduling, and administering the vaccine on behalf of the Virginia Department of Health, according to a news release from WindsorMeade. “It will take three visits to vaccinate those among the community who provided consent to be immunized, starting with the two-dose process and a third visit for anyone who was missed,” WindsorMeade Executive Director Marilyn Gray said in a statement from the news release. “Our team members and residents are all very excited to start this process.” ....
Long-term care facility worker gets vaccine days after losing sister to COVID: It was just joy Long term care facility workers get COVID-19 vaccine and last updated 2021-01-08 12:51:42-05 RICHMOND, Va. More than 200 residents and staff at the Hermitage Richmond long-term care facility received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine Friday. Among them was Bernetta Finnney Vincent, a staff member of 15 years, who came in on her day off to get the vaccine, just days after losing her sister to COVID. I took this shot in her name. To make sure no one else would have to bury a sister,â said Vincent. ....