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Free COVID-19 testing

6/3/2021, 6 p.m.
Free community testing for COVID-19 continues.

Free community testing for COVID-19 continues.

The Richmond and Henrico County health districts are offering testing at the following location:

Thursday, June 3, 2 to 4 p.m., Eastern Henrico Health Department, 1400 N. Laburnum Ave., Eastern Henrico. Drive-thru testing.

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.

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/.

The Richmond and Henrico health districts are offering walk-up COVID-19 vaccines at the following locations:

Thursday, June 3, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. – Gilpin Resource Center, 436 Calhoun St., Moderna vaccine.

Friday, June 4, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. – Virginia Union University, 1359 W. Graham Road, 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 County Health District’s mobile vaccination unit is offering the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at the following locations:

Thursday, June 3, 9 to 11 a.m. – Rockwood Park, 3401 Courthouse Road; 1 to 4 p.m. – Falling Creek Apartments, 6407 Jefferson Davis Hwy.

Want a free lunch?

The City of Richmond is offering to pay for lunch for anyone who gets vaccinated at a walk-up event 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, June 12, at Southside Plaza. All three approved vaccines — Moderna, Pfizer and the single-shot Johnson & Johnson — will be available at the event, which also will feature children’s activities and a job fair.

At a news conference Wednesday, city officials announced that the Richmond City Health District plans to switch focus this summer from large mass vaccination events to small mobile vaccination clinics.

The health district will host at least eight events weekly, which will include vaccination clinics at George Wythe High School in South Side and in Western Henrico. Businesses and community organizations also can request that a mobile clinic be held at their location by filling out a form online at vax.rchd.com or by calling (804) 205-3501.

According to state health data, 3.8 million people have been fully vaccinated in Virginia as of Wednesday, or about 44.6 percent of the population, while 55 percent of the population has received at least one dose of the vaccine.

State officials reported 675,783 cases of COVID-19 statewide on Wednesday, along with 29,815 hospitalizations and 11,206 deaths. Virginia’s seven-day positivity rate is 2.6 percent. Last week, it was 2.7 percent.

According to state data, African-Americans comprised 22.4 percent of cases statewide and 25 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.