Fairfax Health District Saves Half Of Vaccine Supply For Seniors - Kingstowne-Rose Hill, VA - The other half of the vaccine supply will be allocated to people from other categories who are eligible to receive the vaccine.
NoVA Leaders Call For Vaccine Doses, Mass Vaccination Site
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January 27, 2021, 6:50 AM·3 min read
NORTHERN VIRGINIA Leaders are pushing for more COVID-19 vaccine doses and a mass vaccination site in Northern Virginia.
Local health districts in Northern Virginia have seen more people requesting appointments than available doses. For instance, the Fairfax Health District reports over 156,000 residents have preregistered and are eligible in phases 1a and 1b. The health department anticipates it could take months to get appointments for everyone on the wait list if vaccine supply doesn t increase. The Virginia Department of Health has also changed to a population-based allocation to health districts, which the Fairfax County Health Department says could keep the pace of incoming doses the same until March.
UpdatedWed, Jan 27, 2021 at 9:05 am ET
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The Virginia Department of Health altered its strategy for distributing the COVID-19 vaccine amid a limited supply. (Renee Schiavone/Patch)
VIRGINIA The distribution strategy for the COVID-19 vaccine has changed in Virginia as requests for doses were higher than the weekly supply being allocated by the federal government.
Dr. Danny Avula, who was chosen by the governor as Virginia s vaccination coordinator, provided the vaccine update on Friday, Jan. 22 to reporters. During that week, he said Virginia changed the approach from allocating doses to any place that requested it to a geographically, population-based distribution. Doses are given to local health departments, who then work with partners to determine where the vaccine goes for each distribution.
UpdatedTue, Jan 26, 2021 at 11:56 pm ET
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Limited COVID-19 vaccine supplies are prompting the Fairfax County Health Department and Inova to roll back vaccinations. (Carly Baldwin/Patch)
FAIRFAX COUNTY, VA After a wait list for vaccinations formed in Fairfax County due to limited doses, officials say vaccinations will need to be rolled back at the health department and Inova Health System. As of Tuesday, Jan, 26, Inova Health System is canceling first dose appointments due to limited supplies.
Fairfax County Board of Supervisors Chairman Jeff McKay said in letter to residents that federal and state changes mean fewer doses allocated to the county. At the federal level, shortages of the vaccine mean Virginia is now receiving 105,000 doses per week. The Fairfax Health District, which covers Fairfax County and the cities of Falls Church and Fairfax, alone had been receiving 22,000 doses and has 168,000 residents eligible for a vaccine.
Fairfax County set a new single-day record for new COVID-19 cases over the three-day weekend leading up to Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The county's daily