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First Sentara RMH staff receive COVID-19 vaccine Dr. Mark Nesbit was the first physician to receive the Pfizer vaccine at Sentara RMH Thursday, Dec. 17. (Source: WHSV) By John Hood | December 17, 2020 at 5:35 PM EST - Updated December 17 at 5:35 PM ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, Va. (WHSV) — The first of many staff members at Sentara RMH received their first Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine early Thursday, December 17, less than a week after the FDA approved it. Sentara Healthcare received its first shipment of 11,700 doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine on Monday at its Norfolk location. According to Sen...

1:53 Dr. Mark Nesbit signed up to get the COVID vaccine early Thursday morning before his shift in the emergency department, knowing the usual drill. DR. MARK NESBIT: They want to watch you for 15 minutes after the vaccination to make sure you don’t develop a reaction, so I got there as early as I could before my shift. I didn’t know at the time, but it turned out I was the first one to get a vaccine. RMH received its first batch of the vaccine Monday night, and had needles in arms Thursday, starting with Nesbit. As an ER doctor, Nesbit is among the hospital’s high-risk providers invite...

‘It’s been a long road for the county’s vision document’  The jam-packed agenda for Monday’s regular meeting of the Rappahannock County Board of Supervisors included two public hearings, a COVID-19 presentation from the Virginia Department of Health, a review of the county’s financial audit, and last but certainly not least the unanimous adoption of the 2020 Comprehensive Plan, a vision document that will guide the county’s future land use planning.  “Yay,” said Stonewall-Hawthorne representative Chris Parrish, raising a jubilant fist.  â...