The Richmond and Henrico County health districts are offering

testing at the following locations:

• Thursday, April 4, 1 to 5 p.m. - Henrico Arms Apartments, 1566

Edgelawn Circle.

• Friday, April 5, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. - Southside Plaza WIC, 509

E. Southside Plaza.

• Wednesday, April 10, 8 to 10 a.m. - East Henrico Recreation

Center, 1440 N. Laburnum Ave.; 2 to 4:30 p.m. - St. Luke’s Apartments,

117 Engleside Drive.

• RHHD’s Resource Centers are providing free at-home tests for

pick-up at select locations:

• Creighton Court at 2150 Creighton Road, call 804-371-0433 for

more info

• Fairfield Court at 2311 N. 25th St., call 804-786-4099 for more info

• Gilpin Court at 436 Calhoun St., call 804-786-1960 for more info

• Hillside Court at 1615 Glenfield Ave., call 804-230-7740 for more

info

• Mosby Court at 1536 Coalter St., call 804-786-0204 for more info

• Southwood Court at 1754 Clarkson Road Unit #B, call 804-230-

2077 for more info

• Whitcomb Court at 2106 Deforrest St., call 804-786-0555 for

more info

Call the Richmond and Henrico Call Center at 804-205-3501 from 8

a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday for more information on testing

sites, or go online at vax.rchd.com.

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?

Those interested can schedule an appointment with RHHD by

calling 804-205-3501. Vaccines.gov also allows people to find nearby

pharmacies and clinics that offer the COVID-19 vaccine, and those

interested can text your ZIP code to 438829 or call 800-232-0233.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention currently

recommends that children between the ages of six months to four

years old may need multiple doses of the updated vaccines depending

on their COVID-19 vaccine status and whether they had previously

received Pfizer and Moderna vaccine.

Waiting periods for additional vaccines can range from three to

eight weeks or four to eight weeks depending on the vaccine dose

previously received.

Children between the ages of five to 11 years old who are

unvaccinated or have received a vaccine before Sept. 12, 2023 should

get one updated Pfizer or Moderna vaccine.

Those age3 12 years and older who are unvaccinated should get

either one updated Pfizer or Moderna vaccine, or two doses of the

updated Novavax vaccine. People in that age range who received a

vaccine before Sept. 12, 2023 should get one updated Pfizer, Moderna

or Novavax vaccine.

People who are moderately or severely immunocompromised

may get additional doses of updated COVID-19 vaccines, and are

encouraged to talk with their healthcare providers about how and

when to receive them.

Information compiled by George Copeland Jr.