City Of Alexandria Provides COVID-19 Updates; Request To Update Vaccine Records; New Domestic Travel Guidance For Fully Vaccinated

Press release from the City of Alexandria:

Apr 2, 2021 at 8:55 PM

City of Alexandria Provides COVID-19 Updates; Request to Update Vaccine Records; New Domestic Travel Guidance for Fully Vaccinated; Weekly Vaccine Updates

­­For Immediate Release: April 2, 2021

The City of Alexandria and the Alexandria Health Department (AHD) strongly urge residents to stay home as much as possible, wear a
mask over both your nose and mouth, and wash your hands frequently.
Pre-register to receive the vaccine and you’ll be notified once appointments are available. AHD estimates that approximately 1 in 20 Alexandrians who have tested positive for COVID-19 have required hospitalization, so without these critical steps, additional lives may be at risk.

Request to Update Vaccine Records

Governor Northam announced that Virginia will move into Phase 2 by mid-April, and AHD encourages all residents to update their vaccine pre-registration records in preparation. Vaccine availability and eligibility will expand in the coming weeks, and everyone who wants to receive a vaccine will have more access to options. Even if you are not currently eligible to receive a vaccine, please visit
alexandriava.gov/Vaccines to pre-register or to update your record.

New Domestic Travel Guidance for Fully Vaccinated

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued updated guidance about
domestic travel for people who are vaccinated. Vaccines are continuing to prove that they are safe and effective, and fully vaccinated travelers are less likely to get and spread COVID-19. Although vaccines do not offer 100% protection, the CDC has concluded that
fully vaccinated people can travel safely within the United States by wearing a mask over the nose and mouth, staying 6 feet from others as much as possible, avoiding crowds, and washing hands often or using hand sanitizer. Fully vaccinated travelers only need to quarantine if they experience COVID-19 symptoms after a known exposure to someone with COVID-19.

Weekly Vaccine Updates

During AHD vaccine clinics between March 26 and April 1: 2,193 people were partially vaccinated with a first dose and 3,052 people were fully vaccinated with either a second dose of Moderna or Pfizer or with the single required dose of Johnson & Johnson's vaccine. AHD's vaccinating partners, which include pharmacies and private providers, administered the remainder of Alexandria's vaccine supply this past week.

Alexandria will receive a confirmed batch of 10,010 doses for next week, and is anticipating an additional 7,000 or more doses pending supply availability. This does not include additional vaccine supplies from federal programs provided directly to participating pharmacies and Alexandria's federally qualified health center, Neighborhood Health. AHD uses the doses received at their large vaccine events and allocates the rest to private providers. AHD directly schedules appointments, by phone or email, for their vaccine events and the vast majority of private providers in Alexandria from the existing pre-registration list. The other private providers are vaccinating eligible residents based on AHD's guidance.

Alexandria COVID-19 Data At-a-Glance

The seven-day moving average chart below shows the number of COVID-19 cases and the daily and cumulative case and fatality counts, and provides detailed information about how preventive measures are impacting Alexandria's response to the pandemic. An interactive version is available at
alexandriava.gov/114883. The vaccination chart includes total doses administered across all facilities and the percentage of residents ages 16 and older who have been partially and fully vaccinated, and is available at
alexandriava.gov/120654. Detailed data, including data on age, race and ethnicity, are available through links at
alexandriava.gov/Coronavirus.

Continue following measures to stop the spread of COVID-19 even after vaccination.
Get tested if you have been exposed to someone with COVID-19. If you test positive, help loved ones and neighbors by informing your close contacts using “
What to Do If You Get Sick” guidance, which is available in
Spanish,
Amharic,
Arabic, and
Farsi or this brief
video.

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This news release is available at
alexandriava.gov/121372.

This press release was produced by the City of Alexandria.The views expressed here are the author’s own.