Occoquan town leaders tonight will discuss how it will spend nearly $1 million of federal coronavirus relief funds.
The cash infusion has town leaders again talking about building a parking garage.
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This organization, known as the Virginia Safe and Healthy Communities Coalition, used the conference held at Shiloh Baptist Church to announce the COVID-19 Mobile Public Health Education Unit launch. The unit will promote vaccine clinics, testing sites, and recommendations made by the Center for Disease Control, such as wearing masks and washing hands statewide.
The coalition's message will be mainly aimed at African-American communities in the commonwealth who may not have taken the vaccine or any precautions against the coronavirus.
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(The Center Square) - Head Start teachers in Louisiana, Ohio and Virginia are suing the Biden administration over a nationwide COVID-19 vaccination mandate for the federally funded program.
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A mass vaccination clinic serving the Fredericksburg region will close.
A Community Vaccination Center in Central Park will close on March 5, the Rappahannock Area Health District reports. The days and hours the center will be open during its final week will be Tuesday through Saturday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The Central Park center has administered more than 36,000 free coronavirus vaccines since it opened in early October 2021. As more people have become vaccinated and the vaccines have become widely available at doctor's offices and pharmacies, demand has decreased, states the health district.
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On Tuesday, the 28-year-old educator who works with children with autism at an elementary school in Woodbridge was shown the door. Administrators suspended her without pay because she didn't get a coronavirus vaccine and refused to comply with the division's weekly-testing mandate.
After three years on the job, Simms misses her students and their parents, with whom she's formed close bonds.
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The School Board shot down the motion made by Garrisonville District representative Maureen Siegmund and supported by Hartwood representative Alyssa Halstead (both of who ran on repealing the mask policy) just after midnight, following hours of testimony from parents and teachers calling parent choice for masks.
"I don't have a problem with having a mask mandate on the books. But I want to have a parent opt-out," said Siegmund.
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They met in the parking lot outside Margaret Brent Elementary School, formed a line, and walked to the front of the school, where they met with the principal. Their goal was to admit their children to class without facemasks, a violation of a forced masking policy for anyone inside a county school building that's been in place since August.
We are going to walk here in just one moment. I want to make sure everybody's ready for that. We are walking. We are letting our principal talk to us. He's going to say what he's going to say." said Karla Alsop, the parent of a second grade student. "We're going to respond, and we're going to do so respectfully because we've all been put in this position unfairly, including him, and he's been very open and transparent, as have we. So we're going to respect this process."
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The Federal Government began distributing 500 million home coronavirus tests kits Tuesday, January 18. The Biden administration ordered the kits to make testing more available and equitable, said Virginia Senator Tim Kaine.
Citizens may go to covidtests.org, where they can get to get up to four free tests per household. Users that provide their name and address will have the tests shipped.
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The school superintendent announced that the more than 11,000 teachers and employees of the Prince William County Public School division must get a coronavirus vaccination or submit to weekly testing.
LaTanya McDade briefed the School Board about the vaccine mandate, as well and the few remaining attendees in the room after police cleared the room earlier in the evening due to security concerns.
School employees who do not get the jab will need to submit to weekly testing, said McDade, who did not provide a deadline for vaccination during the shortened meeting.
