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Pittsylvania/Danville Health District plans to vaccinate children for COVID-19
Clinics will be held next Saturday
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PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY, Va. – Pittsylvania/Danville Health District is planning ways to make it easy for adolescents to get vaccinated for the coronavirus.
Health Director Dr. Scott Spillman said hosting mass vaccination events and bringing local pharmacies to schools are just some of the ideas leaders are discussing to help get children vaccinated.
But he said time is a constraint and added that he hopes to get at least one dose of the vaccine in some students’ arms before school is out by June.
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Pittsylvania/Danville Health District hit COVID-19 vaccine distribution challenges
Hundreds of people were vaccinated Friday at Danville Community Market.
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DANVILLE, Va. – With nearly 6,000 vaccinated already in the Danville and Pittsylvania County region, people over 65 and teachers eagerly waited to receive their first dose Friday.
Laying out bandages and setting up needles, volunteers got ready to administer 864 doses of the Moderna coronavirus vaccine.
“We are never going to get out of this nightmare unless we get 70 to 80 percent of the population vaccinated,” Vice Mayor of Danville Gary Miller said.
That’s why 91-year-old Louise Jefferson and 87-year-old Merlon Jefferson took the 20-minute drive from Dry Fork to Danville to get their vaccine.