Frontline workers nervous, confused as Virginia vaccine numbers lag behind

Virginia has administered just over a quarter of its distributed COVID-19 vaccine doses, which, going into 2021, was 110,000 fewer doses than the commonwealth expected to receive. And with the projected numbers of both doses distributed and administered lagging behind statewide, Southern Virginia has been overlooked, leaving Southside citizens worried and confused.

Fairfax County alone is responsible for nearly 12 percent of all administered vaccine doses among the commonwealth’s 133 counties and independent cities. All of Southside Virginia combined, including the counties of Pittsylvania, Campbell, Franklin, Patrick, Halifax, Charlotte, Mecklenburg, Appomattox, Brunswick and Greensville, plus the cities of Danville, Martinsville and Emporia, account for less then three percent of vaccinated Virginians. Counties such as Charlotte have vaccinated as few as six residents as of Friday afternoon.

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