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Here is key information about COVID-19 vaccinations in the Rappahannock Area Health District, which includes Fredericksburg and the counties of Caroline, King George, Spotsylvania and Stafford.
BY CATHY DYSON
The Free Lance-Star
A Spotsylvania County restaurant is operating without a license after health inspectors suspended its food service permit because the owner wonât comply with the governorâs orders regarding the pandemic.
Matt Strickland, owner of Gourmeltz in Cosnerâs Corner, told customers in a YouTube video on Friday, the day after he was told to âclose down immediately,â that he would do no such thing.
âI havenât complied, and I will continue not to comply,â he said in the recording, made while sitting in his vehicle. âIâm not in the military anymore, and Iâm not gonna do something just because you tell me to do it. It needs to make sense and it needs to not infringe on my constitutional rights, and it needs to be lawful.â
WHEN: Through spring
WHERE: Clinics are being held in each locality; area pharmacies; and Mary Washington Hospital. All slots are by appointments only; no walk-ins are accepted. When people are contacted about appointments, they will be told the location.
HOW TO REGISTER: The health district website is the only place people need to register. All lists of those to be vaccinated are generated by the health district based on surveys theyâve received.
TO FILL OUT A SURVEY: Those 65 and older and younger people with underlying health issues can register online at redcap.link/rahd 65andup. Essential workers can fill out a survey at bit.ly/RAHDTier1b and identify a point of contact to work with the health district.
Spotsylvania Regional Medical Center has seen such a surge in COVID-19 patients that it had to open a second unitâand is making plans for a third.
In a weekly update posted on YouTube on Friday, Lee Van Sise, the hospitalâs chief nursing officer since June, said the surge started Monday night with an influx of emergency room patients who tested positive for the virus. After the six beds in the intensive care unit were filled, the hospital allocated seven more rooms for COVID-19 patients.
âWe are in the planning stages of opening a third unit as both are completely full,â he said.