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Virginia hospital workers strained due to post-holiday spike in COVID cases "Additional stress will really cost lives." Virginia hospitals workers strained due to post-holiday spike in COVID cases and last updated 2020-12-30 10:01:31-05 RICHMOND, Va. -- Just days after some families and friends gather for Christmas, Dr. David Lanning, VCU Medical Center Interim Chief Medical Officer, said they are seeing a post-holiday spike in coronavirus cases. "Unfortunately, while it did seem as though things were trying to level off a little bit, a week or so ago. The last few days, we're starting to se...

Virginia hospital workers strained due to post-holiday spike in COVID-19 cases "Additional stress will really cost lives." Virginia hospitals workers strained due to post-holiday spike in COVID cases By: Wayne Covil and last updated 2020-12-30 10:30:31-05 RICHMOND, Va. -- Just days after some families and friends gather for Christmas, Dr. David Lanning, VCU Medical Center Interim Chief Medical Officer, said they are seeing a post-holiday spike in coronavirus cases. "Unfortunately, while it did seem as though things were trying to level off a little bit, a week or so ago. The ...

Central Virginia health care workers make holiday plea as hospital rates increase Central Virginia health care workers make holiday plea as hospital rates increase By Henry Graff | December 22, 2020 at 1:06 PM EST - Updated December 22 at 6:10 PM RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) - Frontline health care workers in central Virginia are making a plea before the holidays. They want you to be mindful of your plans with COVID-19 hospitalizations on the rise in the commonwealth. “It’s been kind of scary,” Henrico Doctors Hospital Nursing Director Ashley Lewis said. Health care workers are sharing the...

‘It’s worth it’: Trial volunteer encourages Pfizer vaccine despite temporary side effects Pfizer vaccine volunteer speaks out about side effects By A.J. Nwoko | December 12, 2020 at 7:37 PM EST - Updated December 13 at 11:47 AM POWHATAN, Va. (WWBT) - As Jim Jarrard decorates the Christmas tree on the dock of his lakeside Powhatan home, he says he’s heading into the holiday season with the gift of reassurance. He was one of thousands who took part in a double-blind Pfizer Vaccine Trial at Saint Francis Hospital in Midlothian. Now, he may be immune to COVID-19. “Th...

Virginia senior keen to take COVID vaccine to 'feel safer' and 'not be so isolated' 'I would feel safer if I went into a grocery store, safer buying gas for the car' Health experts in Central Virginia say the FDA's approval of Pfizer's Coronavirus vaccine is a turning point in the course of the pandemic. Governor Ralph Northam says vaccines will roll out as soon as Sunday to two vulnerable groups of people in Virginia -- seniors in long term care facilities and healthcare workers. By: Tyler Layne and last updated 2020-12-12 23:53:58-05 RICHMOND, Va. -- Health experts in Centr...