A year after getting COVID-19, Governor Ralph Northam said on Monday that he still can’t taste or smell anything; medical experts say this condition of lasting symptoms is sometimes called “long COVID.”
More than 10.5 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered across the commonwealth, according to data from the Virginia Department of Health.
Tossing his bedside manners out the window, Virginia Governor Ralph Northam, who is also a doctor, was clearly frustrated during a COVID-19 update on the state’s response to the pandemic which is now in its 19th month.
“We are at critical staffing,” Mack said. “At this point, all of our ICUs are full. And so any reduction in unnecessary hospitalizations is something Augusta Health wants to ensure we provide.”
The Virginia Department of Health is reporting 846,979 total cases of COVID-19 in Virginia as of Sept. 23, 2021, dating to the beginning of the pandemic in March 2020.
HCPS administrators said Thursday the change was a way to ensure all the numbers are accurate, especially with the amount of time and effort spent on contact tracing.
Over the last week, health systems and emergency physicians across Virginia have sounded the alarm over a surge of COVID-19 hospitalizations threatening to overwhelm many emergency rooms.
Aside from getting the vaccine and following mitigation strategies, the health department is reminding the public another important way we can stop COVID-19 in its tracks: contact tracing.
The Richmond - Henrico Health Districts says the rate of white children in the city getting a COVID-19 vaccine is two to three times higher than the rate of black children.
Supply is still in a far better place than it was at the start of the pandemic when state health departments were the only source for testing and set rigid criteria for which patients were eligible.
Chesterfield School loaders met Tuesday night to discuss a rise in COVID-19 cases, hiring school bus drivers and possible new construction on two Chesterfield schools.
Over the last few weeks, hospital systems across Virginia have been sounding alarms over the latest coronavirus surge, largely driven by the highly infectious delta variant.
With more and more students across Virginia heading back to class in-person, here is a breakdown of how you can track COVID-19 cases and outbreaks at your child’s school.
Health experts with the University of Virginia want everyone to be cautious in public right now. The coronavirus delta variant is flying around the Charlottesville area.
In the U.S., anyone 12 and older is eligible for COVID-19 vaccines. But with schools reopening and the delta variant causing more infections among kids, many parents are anxiously wondering when younger children can get the shots.
