Congressional Delegation Seeks Mass Vaccination Site in Northern Virginia

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Congressional Delegation Seeks Mass Vaccination Site in Northern Virginia
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Washington, January 26, 2021
Tags: Healthcare , COVID-19 Pandemic
Today U.S. Representatives Don Beyer (D-VA), Gerald Connolly (D-VA) and Jennifer Wexton (D-VA) wrote to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) requesting a community vaccination site for Northern Virginia. The Biden Administration's plan to defeat COVID-19 includes a proposal for 100 community mass vaccination sites across the United States.

They wrote:

"Northern Virginia already has the capacity. Our localities are eager and ready, and they have the capability to vaccinate thousands more people than they currently have vaccine supply for. For example, Arlington County is receiving roughly 2,700 doses per week but has the capacity to do at least 1,000 per day. Staffing is not the limiting factor, supply is."

"…Northern Virginia also has the highest demand for vaccines in the country. Arlington County is the jurisdiction with the highest percent of individuals willing to be vaccinated across the country, at 92%, followed closely by its neighboring jurisdictions in Northern Virginia."

The Northern Virginia Regional Commission estimates that Northern Virginia jurisdictions have the capacity to administer 70,000 vaccinations per week, but are currently administered fewer than half that number. A signed copy of the letter is available here, and text follows below.

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