Pittsylvania/Danville Health District plans to vaccinate children for COVID-19
Clinics will be held next Saturday
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PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY, Va. – Pittsylvania/Danville Health District is planning ways to make it easy for adolescents to get vaccinated for the coronavirus.
Health Director Dr. Scott Spillman said hosting mass vaccination events and bringing local pharmacies to schools are just some of the ideas leaders are discussing to help get children vaccinated.
But he said time is a constraint and added that he hopes to get at least one dose of the vaccine in some students’ arms before school is out by June.
As COVID-19 vaccine rollouts progress throughout Virginia, many students have begun to search for ways to get vaccinated as quickly as possible.Â
As of April 2, the Central Shenandoah Health District has moved into Phase 1C of the vaccine rollout process. Prior to this, the health district had been in Phase 1B since Jan. 18. Phase 1B included frontline essential workers, people between the ages of 16 and 64 with underlying health conditions, adults 65 and older and those who live in homeless shelters, migrant camps or correctional facilities. Phase 1C allows essential workers not included in phase 1B to be vaccinated.Â
For the majority of students, this means they didnât qualify to receive the COVID-19 vaccine in Harrisonburg until recently.Â
The Roanoke City-Alleghany, Southside and Pittsylvania/Danville Health Districts all plan to move into Phase 2.
That’s ahead of the statewide date of April 18th announced by Governor Ralph Northam earlier this week.
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Those in higher-risk groups will continue to be prioritized. And officials say anyone wanting to get a shot will need to go through the state’s pre-registration system.
You can pre-register here.
Here s the full press release from RCAHD:
(ROANOKE, VA) Based on the current demand and increasing supply of COVID-19 vaccine, the Roanoke City & Alleghany Health Districts will begin to invite pre-registered RCAHD citizens in Phase 2 (General Population) to make vaccination appointments next week, during the week of April 5.
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