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Free COVID-19 testing

6/10/2021, 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 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.

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 10, 9 to 10 a.m. – Trinity Baptist Church, 2811 Fendall Ave., Moderna vaccine; 2 to 3 p.m. – Fairfield Court Recreation Center, 2506 Phaup St., Moderna; 1 to 6 p.m. – Eastern Henrico Recreation Center, 1440 N. Laburnum Ave., Pfizer.

Friday, June 11, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. – Virginia Union University, 1359 W. Graham Road, Pfizer.

Saturday, June 12, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. – George Wythe High School, 4314 Crutchfield St., Pfizer; 1 to 4 p.m. – Broad Rock Library, 4820 Old Warwick Road, Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson.

Wednesday, June 16, 2 to 3 p.m. – Southwood Apartments Pool House, 1600 Southwood Parkway, Moderna; 3 to 6 p.m. – George Wythe High School, 4314 Crutchfield St., Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson.

Thursday, June 17, 1 to 6 p.m. – Eastern Henrico Recreation Center, 1440 N. Laburnum Ave., Pfizer.

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.

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.

Because of low demand and high availability of COVID-19 testing elsewhere, the Richmond and Henrico health districts is reducing its free weekly community testing to once every other week, officials announced.

COVID-19 testing 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/.

According to state health data, 3.9 million people have been fully vaccinated in Virginia as of Wednesday, or about 46.3 percent of the population, while 56.2 percent of the population has received at least one dose of the vaccine.

State officials reported 677,210 cases of COVID-19 statewide on Wednesday, along with 30,050 hospitalizations and 11,260 deaths. Virginia’s seven-day positivity rate is 2.1 percent. Last week, it was 2.6 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 16.2 percent of cases and 6.5 percent of deaths.