BRHD to resume Johnson & Johnson vaccinations next week Photo: WINA
CHARLOTTESVILLE (WINA) – The Blue Ridge Health District expects to resume administering the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine next week. The single-dose vaccine has not been administered in our health district since April 12… the day before the FDA and CDC recommended a pause in the vaccine’s administration and Virginia immediately complied. Although the pause ended April 23, the J&J vaccine still has not been resumed here yet.
BRHD will again be offering it as well as the Pfizer and Moderna formulas… both of which are two-dose vaccines. The FDA in lifting the pause determined the available data shows the J&J’s known and potential benefits outweigh its known and potential risks in individual age 18-and-over.
UVA Health administers its 100,000th COVID-19 vaccine
UVA Health administers its 100,000th COVID-19 vaccine By NBC29 Newsroom | April 29, 2021 at 2:02 PM EDT - Updated April 30 at 11:57 AM
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - UVA Health says it administered its 100,000th vaccine dose Thursday, April 29. Additionally, more than 42,800 people have been fully vaccinated through UVA Health.
“Reaching the 100,000-vaccine mark is an incredible achievement, and I want to thank our partners in the community and at the Blue Ridge Health District for helping us serve all of the people in our community and the region,” K. Craig Kent, MD, executive vice president for health affairs and chief executive officer for UVA Health, said in a news release Thursday.
UVA Health reaches 100,000 COVID-19 vaccinations
John Luderman received the 100,000th COVID-19 vaccine dose given by UVA Health since the vaccination rollout began. Photo: WINA/Coe Sweet
Apr 29, 2021, News Release
CHARLOTTESVILLE, April 29, 2021 – UVA Health reached a major milestone in its efforts to vaccinate Central Virginia against COVID-19, administering its 100,000th vaccine dose Thursday afternoon. More than 42,800 people have been fully vaccinated through UVA Health.
“Reaching the 100,000-vaccine mark is an incredible achievement, and I want to thank our partners in the community and at the Blue Ridge Health District for helping us serve all of the people in our community and the region,” said K. Craig Kent, MD, UVA’s executive vice president for health affairs and chief executive officer for UVA Health.
Doctor with UVA Health weighs in on new CDC mask guidelines (FILE) (Source: WVIR) By Elizabeth Holmes | April 29, 2021 at 1:02 PM EDT - Updated April 29 at 9:25 PM
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - New guidelines from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention are giving us a glimpse of the future. UVA Health Director of Hospital Epidemiology Dr. Costi Sifri says the update may encourage more people to get their vaccination against COVID-19.
The guidelines from the CDC allow fully-vaccinated people to ditch the mask when outdoors with small groups of people. It also suggests that vaccinated people are safer doing things indoors with a mask, like going to the movies or to a salon.
JAUNT providing free rides to COVID-19 vaccine appointments JAUNT bus (Source: WVIR) By Rachel Hirschheimer | April 29, 2021 at 1:21 PM EDT - Updated April 29 at 1:52 PM
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - If you need a ride to your vaccination appointment, then you’re in luck.
JAUNT is providing free transportation to vaccination clinics across central Virginia thanks to a partnership with the Blue Ridge Health District and University of Virginia Health.
“We’ve been working with the Blue Ridge Health District and UVA Health since early on in the distribution of vaccinations. It became pretty apparent that transportation was a critical component to getting people to their appointments and getting shots into arms,” JAUNT Director of public Relations Jody Saunders said.