Chesapeake Family Fun Fair blends COVID-19 vaccination clinic with summer fun
The Chesapeake Health Department said the event at Greenbrier Mall would feature food, games, and an opportunity for adults and eligible children to get vaccinated.
Credit: Chesapeake Health Department Author: 13News Now Staff Updated: 12:02 PM EDT June 4, 2021
CHESAPEAKE, Va. The Chesapeake Health Department wants people to come out to its Family Fun Fair - to enjoy food trucks, raffles, a dunk tank and free COVID-19 vaccines.
The fair, set for June 4 between 3 and 7 p.m., is a unique kind of clinic to battle the pandemic. The idea is more of a fun night out with COVID vaxx convenience built right in, wrote health department spokesperson Kimi Stevens.
Chesapeake Health Dept. kicks off weekly farmer s market to increase access to fresh food
The market, which now runs every Wednesday, is aimed to help Hampton Roads residents who need access to healthier food options. Author: Anne Sparaco (13News Now) Published: 12:01 PM EDT April 7, 2021 Updated: 12:45 PM EDT April 7, 2021
CHESAPEAKE, Va. Chesapeake Health Department s Women, Infants and Children (WIC) nutrition program started a farmer s market five years ago, and this spring, it s expanded to offer fresh food to even more people.
Kimi Stevens, a public relations representative for CHD, said the department started the initiative to help families in their WIC nutrition program get farmer s market vouchers.
Governor Ralph Northam said federal authorities plan to increase vaccine doses to the state by 16 percent. Author: Eugene Daniel (WVEC) Updated: 12:02 AM EST January 28, 2021
NORFOLK, Va. Hampton Roads health officials are eager to receive more doses of the COVID-19 vaccines, which Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam alluded to being in the works Wednesday.
Northam addressed the latest efforts to fight the COVID-19 pandemic as localities across Virginia struggle with insufficient vaccine supplies. Everyone is out of patience, he said. And I understand that.
More than 500,000 vaccine doses have been administered. Northam said Virginia ranks 25th in the U.S. in vaccination rate and 11th for the number of shots given with 24,000 shots administered daily, according to state health officials.