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A major retailer apologized to a pregnant Alexandria woman after a Virginia pharmacy erroneously denied her the COVID-19 vaccine this week.
The apology comes after News4 reported Tiffany Del Rio was able to book a vaccination appointment at a Kroger pharmacy in Salem, near Roanoke, only for the pharmacy to cancel it days ahead of rolling up her sleeve. Download our NBC Washington app for iOS or Android to get alerts for local breaking news and weather.
According to Del Rio, a pharmacy employee told her they were canceling it because the Pfizer vaccine is “not recommended” for pregnant women, though state health officials and medical experts have said the coronavirus vaccines should not be withheld from pregnant women. What’s more, the Virginia Department of Health has included pregnancy among the underlying medical conditions that qualify someone to receive the vaccine.
Doctors diagnosed Julie Petroff with a weak heart in 2018, and just as the pandemic broke out last year, wanted to implant a defibrillator to help her.
PEOPLE, she was being treated at MedStar Washington Hospital Center. We thank you for your kindness and will share how our family will honor Mercia, my only sister and oldest sibling, and her beautiful spirit in the coming days, she concluded.
In March 2020, Mayor Bowser lost a member of her staff to COVID-19.
CNN reports George Valentine, the deputy director of the Mayor s Office of Legal Counsel, was one of the over 1,000 people who have passed away from the virus since it broke out in America last year.
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