Free COVID-19 testing, vaccines
6/17/2021, 6 p.m.
Free community testing for COVID-19 continues.
The Richmond and Henrico County health districts are offering testing at the following locations:
• Thursday, June 17, 10 a.m. to noon, Diversity Richmond, 1407 Sherwood Ave., North Side.
Appointments are not necessary, but can be made by calling the Richmond and Henrico COVID-19 Hotline at (804) 205-3501 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, or by registering online at https://bit.ly/RHHDCOVID.
Testing will be offered while test supplies last.
COVID-19 testing also is available at various drug stores, clinics and urgent care centers throughout the area for people with and without health insurance. Several offer tests with no out-of-pocket costs.
A list of area COVID-19 testing sites is online at https://www.vdh.virginia.gov/richmond-city/richmond-and-henrico-area-covid-19-testing-sites/
The Virginia Department of Health also has a list of COVID-19 testing locations around the state at www.vdh.virginia.gov/coronavirus/covid-19-testing/covid-19-testing-sites/.
Want a COVID-19 vaccine?
The Richmond and Henrico health districts are offering walk-up COVID-19 vaccines at the following locations:
• Thursday, June 17, 1 to 6 p.m. – Eastern Henrico Recreation Center, 1440 N. Laburnum Ave., Pfizer.
• Saturday, June 19, 1 to 5 p.m. – Juneteenth celebration at Dorey Park, 2999 Darbytown Road, Eastern Henrico.
• Tuesday, June 22, 2 to 3 p.m. – Hillside Court Recreation Center, 1500 Harwood Ave., Moderna; noon to 5 p.m. – Islamic Center of Henrico and Masjid Al-Falah, 7705 Impala Drive, Western Henrico, Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson.
• Wednesday, June 23, 3 to 6 p.m. – George Wythe High School, 4314 Crutchfield St., South Richmond, Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson; 9 to 11 a.m. – Diversity Thrift, 1407 Sherwood Ave., North Side, Moderna.
• Thursday, June 24, noon to 1:30 p.m. – Metropolitan Church Food Pantry, 2501 Park Ave., Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson.
Children ages 12 to 15 may only receive the Pfizer vaccine.
Appointments are not required, but individuals can schedule an appointment online at vax.rchd.com or by calling (804) 205-3501.
VaccineFinder.org and vaccines.gov also allow people to find nearby pharmacies and clinics that offer the COVID-19 vaccine.
The Chesterfield Health District has opened the Rockwood Vaccination Center, 10161 Hull Street Road in Midlothian, in the former Big Lots store in the Rockwood Shopping Center. The center will offer free COVID-19 vaccines 3 to 7 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays and 9 a.m. to noon on Saturdays. The Pfizer vaccine will be available for anyone 12 and older and the Johnson & Johnson vaccine will be available for those ages 18 and older.
From 3 to 7 p.m. on Mondays, the Rockwood Vaccination Center will serve as a free immunization clinic for adolescents, rising seventh graders through 12th grade. In addition to the COVID-19 vaccine, the clinic will offer the Tdap, meningococcal and HPV vaccines. A parent or guardian must accompany the youth. Officials ask that participants bring their immunization records with them to the clinic.
According to state health data, 4.1 million people have been fully vaccinated in Virginia as of Wednesday, or about 48.3 percent of the population, while 57.3 percent of the population has received at least one dose of the vaccine.
State officials reported 678,226 cases of COVID-19 statewide on Wednesday, along with 30,241 hospitalizations and 11,330 deaths. Virginia’s seven-day positivity rate is 1.6 percent. Last week, it was 2.1 percent.
According to state data, African-Americans comprised 22.4 percent of cases statewide and 25.1 percent of deaths for which ethnic and racial data is available, while Latinos made up 16.3 percent of cases and 6.5 percent of deaths.