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VDH hiring for positions in ongoing COVID-19 response efforts VDH hiring for positions in ongoing COVID-19 response efforts By Karina Bolster | April 5, 2021 at 5:22 PM EDT - Updated April 5 at 8:55 PM RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) - As the fight against COVID-19 continues, the Virginia Department of Health (VDH) is hiring people to help in its response efforts. Through these new positions, local and regional health districts are hoping to streamline their focus when it comes to COVID matters. “These new roles really provide an opportunity to shift the team structures at the local health depart...

More than 240K people have been called through contract tracing from the Virginia Health Department and last updated 2021-02-24 17:11:17-05 HAMPTON ROADS, Va. - News 3 took a deeper look into the contacting tracing in the state of Virginia. Leaders with the Virginia Health Department said they have hired 1,200 people to work as contact tracers since the pandemic hit. They said they also have 70 people on their flexible, deployable regional teams. Local health departments can request those teams if they are needed or if they are seeing a surge in positive COVID-19 cases in their community. ...