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One week ago, Sovah Health was actively treating 40 patients infected with COVID-19. Today, Sovah is reporting 58 patients between its two hospital campuses, the most admitted at one time since the dawn of the pandemic. In an attempt to stifle what officials are calling "another Christmas surge," Sovah received 975 doses of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine each at its Danville and Martinsville hospitals Dec. 15. However, after a Sovah nurse had an allergic reaction to the vaccine this week, officials recommended bringing an EpiPen to each of the Pfizer vaccine's two dosage sessions. Officials also w...

No one with Sovah Heath has had a significant allergic reaction to coronavirus vaccine Everyone who’s been vaccinated will be able to get the second dose Published:  Updated:  Tags:  Close to 600 people across Sovah Health are now vaccinated against COVID-19. Health experts there said those who are experiencing side effects have dealt with injection site soreness and maybe a mild headache, but no one has had a significant allergic reaction. “There’s been some who have had maybe a small rash, something of that nature which would not preclude them from getting their second injection an...

‘Nerve-wracking and rewarding’: Virginia health care systems begin vaccinating frontline workers for COVID-19 The first shipment rolled into the region Tuesday and Wednesday Tags:  The shipment rolled into the region Tuesday and Wednesday and priority workers started rolling up their sleeves. “I think the federal express driver had never had such an exciting package on their truck,” said Alan Larson, Sovah Health, Market President and CEO Sovah Health in Danville. From Sovah to Lewis Gale to Carilion and Centra Health - hope has arrived! “We’re excited. This is something we’ve ...

Sovah Health in Martinsville and Danville each have received 975 Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine doses and are administering them in small batches, as they get used to the process. On Tuesday, the day the vaccine was received, 15 doctors and nurses in Martinsville and 10 in Danville were vaccinated. “Part of this way to try to make sure that we understood the relatively complex processes for reconstituting” the vaccine, Sovah-Danville Chief Operating Officer John Kent said during a press conference Wednesday over Zoom. Chief Medical Officer Sheranda Gunn-Nolan talks about the vaccine from P...

decisions on the best way to decide our networks and infrastructure to be secure. in a general way, how would you -- i don't want to put you on the spot -- i guess it is hard for you to say in this environment with all of the different ideas and the different agencies involved, but is there a particular area you think is essential for us to agree on as we move forward in trying to determine how we get to the goal of securing our ever structure? >> let me start by indicating how i perceive the allocation of responsibilities in the cyber arena. on one the one hand, you have the protect...