The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors recently approved to accept funding from the Virginia Department of Health to use for the distribution of coronavirus vaccine throughout the Fairfax health district.
The first amount of $500,000 will be used to help support local health districts with the costs of running the campaign in the Fairfax Health District. These funds will be used for a wide variety of necessities from hiring temporary staff both medical and non to help distribute the vaccine as well rental cost for facilities, printing and signage, transportation needs, and other various operating costs.
This round of funding come from the $14 million that the Commonwealth of Virginia had set aside from federal CARES Act funds to create a statewide program to distribute any vaccine that was approved for public use. This program known as the COVID-19 Mass Vaccination Campaign was announced on Oct. 23 by Governor Ralph Northam.Â
COVID-19 Case data for Fairfax County Health District – Current Week, Dec. 6-12.
Since March, healthcare workers at Reston Hospital Center, like their counterparts elsewhere at county, state and national levels, as well as globally, have fought relentlessly, risking their own lives to treat and save their coronavirus patients. More often than not, during these past nine months, the patients recovered and went home to their families, but many died. Like other healthcare workers, those at Reston Hospital did something to control their negative emotions. They strengthened their resolve, believing, holding onto hope, that circumstances would improve even in the face of adversity.
Fairfax County Public Schools could start expanding in-person learning to more students again in January.
Under a draft timeline that FCPS Superintendent Scott Brabrand presented to the county school board last night (Thursday), all students will learn virtually for the first week after winter break, which lasts from Dec. 21 through Jan. 3.
Students who opt for hybrid in-person/virtual learning would then begin returning to school buildings on Jan. 12, starting with five cohorts that encompass pre-K and kindergarten students, as well as students in special education, English learners, and other specialized programs.
Elementary school students will be phased in, two grades at a time, between Jan. 19 and Feb. 2. Middle and high school students have been split in two groups, with seventh, ninth, and 12