How you can get on a COVID-19 vaccine waitlist
Thousands of people aged 75+ who filled out a COVID-19 vaccine interest form with their local health department will get vaccinated this coming weekend. VCU Health System donated vaccines from its supply to make the mass vaccination event possible. The roughly 7,000 doses are available to seniors (primarily 75+) who live in the Richmond and Henrico Health Districts, Chesterfield Health District, and Chickahominy Health District.
By: WTVR CBS 6 Web Staff
Posted at 3:11 PM, Jan 28, 2021
and last updated 2021-01-30 07:57:09-05
RICHMOND, Va. As local health departments organize COVID-19 vaccination efforts, it is crucial they know who is interested in getting the shot.
A lot of focus has shifted to clinics providing the COVID-19 vaccine, but local residents are still getting tested for the virus.
One look at the daily case numbers illustrates the need. In the Rappahannock Area Health District, which includes Fredericksburg and the counties of Caroline, King George, Spotsylvania and Stafford, another 6,017 people have tested positive for COVID-19 this month.
Thatâs almost one-third of the total number of virus cases since the pandemic began in March.
Cases have risen across the board, among every age group, ethnicity, gender and locality. Those in their 20s continue to represent the largest pool of positive cases, but numbers of younger people have risen as well. More children under age 9 have been infected (874) than the two oldest groups: those in their 70s (777) and age 80-plus (603).
Mary Washington Healthcare has gotten 6,000 more doses of COVID-19 vaccine, part of the stateâs effort to move more shots from the freezer into peoplesâ arms.
The doses will be given out through Sunday, and the hospital is contacting older residents, health care workers and school staff members to make appointments, said Lisa Henry, MWHCâs marketing director. The hospital system is working off a list of names provided by the Rappahannock Area Health District.
And itâs a long list. More than 30,000 residents age 65 and up have registered through the local health district, said spokesperson Allison Balmes-John.
She and Henry asked that others interested in getting vaccinated do the sameâand to register only once. Those in tier 1b, which includes residents 65 and older, those 16 to 64 with underlying health issues and certain essential workers, can register through the health district, either online at vdh.virginia.gov/Rappahannock or by calling 540/899-4797.
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Mary Washington Hospital is among hospitals across Virginia expecting to see an uptick of coronavirus vaccines they will receive in coming weeks. (Shutterstock)
FREDERICKSBURG, VA As Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam and other officials work to get more shots of the coronavirus vaccines into the arms of state residents, more doses of the vaccines are expected to begin arriving in coming days, the governor said Wednesday.
That includes area hospitals like Mary Washington Healthcare in Fredericksburg, which has received 6,000 more doses of the vaccine this week, hospital officials said Wednesday. Dr. Mike McDermott, the president and CEO at Mary Washington, said Wednesday said the current vaccination operation at the facility allows more than 2,000 shots to be administered per day – an operation that McDermott said has led people to say, runs smoother than a Chick-Fil-A drive-thru .