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The new phase of vaccinations now gearing up in the Roanoke Valley will include coverage for two highly vulnerable populations: people experiencing homelessness and people in jail custody.
Those groups were included in the newly announced Phase 1b plans as distancing is difficult if not impossible in the homeless shelters and correctional facilities where theyâre cared for.
COVID-19 outbreaks have been reported in 124 jails and prisons statewide to date, according to the state health department. Officials from at least four facilities in the Roanoke and New River valleys have told The Roanoke Times that they have had outbreaks; the local jails reported that their cases were largely mild with few hospitalizations.
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Virginia has began administering COVID-19 vaccinations to teachers, grocery store workers and additional first responders.
Doctor Cynthia Murrow, director of the Roanoke City and Allegheny Health Districts, was on C-B-S News yesterday.
The Lord Fairfax Health District, which includes both Shenandoah and Page Counties, is also participating in this particular vaccine administration while the Central Shenandoah Health District is not.
According to numbers from the Virginia Department of Health, 1,740 doses of the vaccine have been administered in Rockingham County while 1,178 doses have been administered in Augusta County, 1,031 in Shenandoah County, 862 in the city of Harrisonburg, 830 in Staunton, 733 in Waynesboro and 326 in Page County.