Posted On May 3, 2021
Three Rivers Health District is now accepting appointments for vaccinations at two local clinics.
A clinic administering the first dose of the Moderna vaccine will be held at Rappahannock Community College, Glenns Campus, on Thursday, May 6. Appointments are available between 12:30 and 3 p.m. To sign up, visit https://www.vavax.org/reg/7516296011.
A second clinic, administering the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine, will be held at Newington Baptist Church, Main Street, Gloucester, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Tuesday, May 11. To sign up for one of the 54 doses currently available, visit https://vdhems.vdh.virginia.gov/vdhapps/f?p=535:205:::NO:205:P205 CLINIC DETAILS ID:256797395542883893484664210900292081364.
By Melany Slaughter on March 17, 2021
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The Three Rivers Health District held a COVID-19 vaccination clinic Friday at Newington Baptist Church in Gloucester using the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. Pictured above are Mollie Andersen, left, and Joann Hamlin who administered the shots.
As the number of COVID-19 vaccines distributed throughout the U.S. continues to ramp up, clinics are being held with increasing frequency in the region.
On Friday, the Three Rivers Health District held a clinic at Gloucester’s Newington Baptist Church, using the one-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine.
Compared to Pfizer and Moderna, the Johnson & Johnson vaccine has a slightly lower efficacy rate. However, the J&J vaccine has proved to be effective in preventing serious COVID-19 infection as well as hospitalization and death attributed to the virus.