Valley Health has begun distributing nearly 3,000 COVID-19 vaccinations to its front-line health-care workers, and employees are calling it an early Christmas present.
âWe couldnât be happier,â Dr. Jeffrey Feit, vice president of population health for Valley Health, said late on Monday as the region awaited its first shipment of the vaccine on Tuesday morning.
He said getting the shipment from Pfizer-BioNTech came together quickly over the last few days, which was especially important with a major winter snowstorm predicted for the middle of this week.
âWeâre setting up vaccine clinics,â he said on Monday. âWeâre going to get it there before the snow hits.â
Valley Health to begin vaccines for health-care workers
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The Lord Fairfax Health District reported 305 new cases of COVID-19 over the weekend and statewide cases grew by nearly 7,500 on Saturday and Sunday as Virginia neared the implementation of the first stage of vaccine availability, according to information on the Virginia Department of Healthâs online dashboard.
The local health district reported 158 cases on Saturday and 147 more on Sunday, as well as five deaths attributed to the virus on Saturday matching its second-highest single-day total to bring its totals to 8,014 cases, 479 hospitalizations and 164 deaths since the start of the pandemic. Statewide numbers included 281,909 cases, 16,014 hospitalizations and 4,411 deaths, according to VDH data reported Sunday morning.