What’s News Today: STEM Center, food collection drive
Here’s a look at some of the stories we’ll be following today as they make headlines across the country and Southwest Virginia.
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The Pittsylvania/Danville Health District is holding a COVID-19 testing clinic today. You can get a test between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. at the Frith Fine Arts Center at Averett University. You do not need an appointment.
Roanoke Mutual Aid is holding a food drive today. it will collect non-perishable food, as well as masks, diapers, toilet paper and other hygiene products. The group will collect items from noon to 5 p.m. at the Hope Center on 11th Street NW in Roanoke.
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RINGGOLD, Va. â The Cherrystone Missionary Baptist Association in Ringgold held the areaâs third large-scale vaccine clinic and the first held in Pittsylvania County on Saturday, where more than 700 residents received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccination.
Through a partnership between the Virginia Department of Health, Sovah Health, Averett University, Danville Community College, 16 vaccinators provided vaccines for those who pre-registered from 12 p.m to 5 p.m.
To increase accessibility for those most at risk, including those in rural areas and in black communities, where COVID-19 has had most impact, Pittsylvania Danville Health Director Dr. Scott Spillmann said Saturdayâs event was an effort to bridge the gap in access.
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.
The Virginia Department of Healthâs Pittsylvania-Danville Health District, in cooperation with Sovah Health-Danville, the City of Danville, Pittsylvania County and Averett University, will conduct a closed âpoint of dispensingâ (POD) COVID-19 vaccination clinic tomorrow at the Danville Community Market, 629 Craghead St. in Danville. All available appointments scheduled for this event are full.Â
âRegistration for this event was prioritized for people and communities at highest risk of contracting COVID-19, and of experiencing more serious effects of illness, according to guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Preventionâs Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices,â said Scott J. Spillmann, health director for the Pittsylvania-Danville and Southside Health Districts. âWe have completed the registration process and look forward to providing vaccines to our families, friends and neighbors on Friday. We are planning other vaccination ev