Free Drive-Thru Flu Shot Event At Howell Library In Stafford

FREDERICKSBURG, VA — The Rappahannock Area Health District will be offering free flu shots on Oct. 27 at a drive-thru event at the Howell Library in Stafford County.

This event, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Tuesday, offers free quadrivalent flu vaccines (covers four types of flu) to residents ages nine and up. Vaccine supplies will be available on a first-come, first-served basis until the end time of the event, or until the supply of flu vaccine runs out.

Residents, who will remain in their vehicles, should wear a mask and a short-sleeved shirt or sleeves that roll up for easy access to the upper arm.

The purpose of the event is to simulate mass vaccination events in which the health department and local agencies would work together so community members could be vaccinated efficiently during a time of emergency.

Rappahannock Medical Reserve Corps volunteers will assist health department staff with the exercise. The vaccine is provided by the Virginia Department of Health, Office of Emergency Preparedness.