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Four major community vaccination clinics — including one at VSU — launch across Virginia to bridge divide in access
Richmond Times-Dispatch – Four large-scale vaccination centers are opening across Virginia to distribute doses to communities facing a heavy COVID-19 impact and barriers to vaccine access.
Portsmouth mass vaccination site launches, with plans to give 5,000 shots a week
The Virginian Pilot – An overhauled vaccine program that will give out 5,000 shots per week at the Portsmouth Sportsplex — 3,500 more than the local health district could distribute — kicked off Tuesday.
Overtown Walk-up Site
South Florida Times – Health Department statistics show that of the 300,871 people vaccinated as of Feb. 27 in Miami-Dade County, only 23,336 have been African American (7.76%). The county, however, is 16.42% African American.
New community vaccination center opens in Portsmouth; 1,000 doses a day on the way
WAVY – If it goes as planned, by the end of business Tuesday afternoon, vaccinators will have administered 1,000 doses of Moderna or the Pfizer vaccine at the Portsmouth Sportsplex.
Estimating How Many Covid Cases and Deaths the Vaccine Will Prevent
Route Fifty – A predictive model helps to highlight the potential benefits of the vaccine rollout, even providing data that is specific to different states and cities.
Mass community vaccination clinic coming to Portsmouth. The goal: 1,000 vaccinations a day
WAVY – Early Thursday morning, a well-placed source told 10 On Your Side that the Portsmouth Sportsplex will become the site of a large COVID-19 vaccination clinic.
How One Firm Put an ‘Extraordinary Burden’ on the U.S.’s Troubled Stockpile
The New York Times – The shortage of lifesaving medical equipment last year was a searing example of the government’s failed coronavirus response.
Overtown Welcomes New COVID Vaccine Site
Yahoo News – CBS4’s Ted Scouten reports the new site comes as Jackson Health expands COVID vaccinations.
COVID vaccines now available at walk-up Overtown site
Miami Herald – Vaccines are now available at a site in one of Miami’s oldest Black neighborhoods. Eligible people can be vaccinated without an appointment at the walk-up site.
COVID researcher says Johnson & Johnson vaccine is just as safe as existing vaccines
KTVU – Dr. Rashid Chotani, IEM Medical Director, has advised the CDC and is a leading figure in the fight against COVID-19 in the U.S. Chotani and his colleagues are on the verge of certifying a breakthrough in a new testing method for the novel coronavirus, which began FDA-level trials on March 30.