Roanoke City/Alleghany
The department said all areas in Virginia are expected to begin Phase 1b vaccinations by the end of January, and each district will announce when it moves to the next phase.
How to get a vaccine in your area
For those living in facilities that qualify them to receive the COVID-19 vaccine under Phase 1b, the facility will be in contact with residents directly about vaccination. For essential workers, one point of contact from the employing organization will be responsible for coordinating vaccination of its employees.
Those 75 and older, who are made eligible for vaccination under Phase 1b, can sign up to get vaccinated a number of ways, depending on where they live:
The trajectory of COVID-19 cases in Fairfax County continues its upward climb this week.
As of today (Monday), the trailing weekly average of new cases hit 471, with an all-time high reported on Saturday when cases hit a weekly average of 505.
While the county’s caseload continues to break all local records, the acceleration of new cases reported daily seems to slow slightly.
Nonetheless, the county reported the highest number of daily cases 725 last week on Dec. 7. Overall, the case trajectory continues to be exponential over the last month, suggesting that community transmission is occurring.
Another measure to determine community spread the test rate positivity remained high this week. The county’s rate is 10.6 percent, slightly down from last week’s rate of 11.5 percent. The state’s rate is 10.9 percent.
An inside look at one of the biggest local efforts to help distribute the vaccine Timothy Barber
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7 On Your Side obtained access to a secure warehouse where the Fairfax County Health Department is stockpiling protective gear in anticipation of the COVID-19 vaccine.
Rows of boxes contained gloves, masks, gowns, and more.
“It all comes down to vaccine administration in our local community,” said Dr. Ben Schwartz, M.D. who is the health department s Director of the Division of Epidemiology and Population Health.
ABC7 Northern Virginia Bureau Chief Tim Barber asked him if the county is ready to move on day one.
December 11, 2020 at 9:45am
It has barely been 10 days since Fairfax County launched its annual Hypothermia Prevention Program, and it’s already clear that this winter will be unlike any other that Abby Dunner has experienced in her nearly decade-long work with the initiative.
Now the manager of the Fairfax County Office to Prevent and End Homelessness, Dunner has been involved with the hypothermia prevention program since she was employed as a case manager and assistant by the nonprofit FACETS in 2012.
The COVID-19 pandemic, however, forced Dunner and the other county and nonprofit officials who run the program to completely reengineer their operations, which were well-honed after 15 years of providing shelter for people in need during the coldest months of the year.
A Look Inside the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors Meeting Dec. 1, 2020
Highlights of discussion and actions that impact all who live, work and play in the diverse county After much discussion, the Board approved Comments on I-495 NEXT Draft National Environmental Policy Act Environmental Assessment and Draft Design Plans (Dranesville and Providence Districts) with an amendment by Supervisor John W. Foust, Dranesville District. His amendment was to delete the sentence: “The project provides significantly greater benefit if Maryland completes their system of managed lanes, particularly increasing the capacity of the American Legion Bridge,” and insert the sentence: “As VDOT’s own studies indicate the project provides significant benefits only if Maryland completes their system of managed lanes, particularly completing the capacity of the American Legion Bridge. In the interim the project will cause inequitable and therefore unacceptable delays to non-express lane