About 500 public and private educators received COVID-19 vaccines Saturday as part of Phase 1b at the Lynchburg regionâs new mass- vaccination center. The event was a collaboration involving the City of Lynchburg, Lynchburg City Schools, the Virginia Department of Health, the Lynchburg Fire Department, the United Way of Central Virginia and the cityâs emergency services department, officials said. âWeâve created this opportunity so that everybody in our region who wants a vaccine can get a vaccine,â Lynchburg Fire Chief Greg Wormser said. âThe challenge is we donât get enough vaccines in our region. But we have a great facility to vaccinate people. Our role is to make sure this operation runs smoothly and people get vaccinated as quickly and efficiently and effectively as possible.â