Important update:Â
The Virginia Department of Health has launched a centralized preregistration system for COVID-19 vaccinations: vaccinate.virginia.gov. This replaces the local surveys that had been used by health districts across the state.
If you have already preregistered with your local health district, your information and place in line should be maintained. You can check on the new site to see if you are in the system.
The state has also launched a hotline, 877-VAX-IN-VA or 877-829-4682, for those who do not have computer access. Callers can speak to someone in English or Spanish, or ask for a call back in 100 languages.Â
Lynchburg-area health care providers are laying out plans to begin distributing COVID-19 vaccines to front-line essential workers and anyone age 65 and older as state health officials look to ramp up the slow-moving rollout.
The Central Virginia Health District, which includes Lynchburg and the neighboring counties, has not yet moved into the next phase of the stateâs vaccine distribution plan as some regions in the state did this week. Local officials are still working to vaccinate health care workers and nursing home residents, who have been prioritized for the new vaccine.
But Gov. Ralph Northam has said the entire commonwealth will move to whatâs known as Phase 1b of the vaccine delivery by the end of the month, prompting local health care providers to draw up plans for mass vaccinations.
BEDFORD â The Bedford County Board of Supervisors spoke out Monday in response to a continued push by some community members pressuring the board to pass a First Amendment sanctuary resolution opposing Gov. Ralph Northamâs emergency executive orders.
Bedford County residents have been coming to board of supervisors meetings since late November urging the board to pass a resolution that would reject Northamâs executive order limiting crowd sizes, among other coronavirus-related measures, saying such an order infringes on First Amendment rights of peaceful assembly.
A few versions of a proposed resolution for Bedford County have circulated since the fall, one based off Bedford Countyâs Second Amendment sanctuary resolution passed last year and another borrowed from a First Amendment sanctuary resolution passed Dec. 1 by the Campbell County Board of Supervisors. Campbell Countyâs resolution directed the county sheriffâs office not to assist any state offi
Each of Virginia’s health districts is responsible for determining how best to safely and efficiently administer their allotments of COVID-19 vaccines in their areas based on their partners and resources.
Acceleration of the coronavirusâ spread from the holidays has raised red flags among Lynchburg-area health professionals, as more than 100 COVID-19 patients have been reliably occupying about a third of local hospital beds.
Centra Health CEO Dr. Andy Mueller said at a Thursday news conference the providerâs coronavirus numbers have been âincredibly dramatic and something that I didnât think that we would honestly ever get to.â
Though Centraâs health system has been able to bend to accommodate fluctuating levels of patients whose symptoms are severe enough to require care, he said âweâre starting to get close to the breaking point.â