| Staunton News Leader
FISHERSVILLE – The Shenandoah Central Sanitary District has lowered the age criteria for vaccine clinics.
The age criteria for vaccination clinics, starting on Thursday, are 65 years or older and those aged 45-64 years with underlying medical conditions.
Previously, clinics were for 55 years or older.
Augusta Health clinics are open to residents of Augusta County, Staunton and Waynesboro in these categories. To date, Augusta Health has administered 33,236 doses of vaccines.
To check vaccine clinics at Augusta Health, visit vaccinate.augustahealth.com.
The new scheduling process allows residents to schedule appointments directly from the updated vaccination portal. Information about new clinics, along with their criteria, is published daily.
The next clinic is on March 11, from 8 am to 5 pm, for the first dose of Pfizer. The clinic is located at the Augusta Fitness Center at 107 Medical Center Drive in Fishersville.
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The Virginia Department of Health’s list of underlying health conditions that increase the risk of serious illnesses caused by the COVID-19 virus includes:
- Cancer
- Chronic kidney disease
- COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease)
- Down’s syndrome
- Heart problems such as heart failure, coronary artery disease or cardiomyopathies
- Immunocompromised state (weakened immune system) of solid organ transplantation
- Obesity (body mass index [BMI] 30 kg / m2 or greater, but <40 kg / m2)
- Severe obesity (BMI ≥ 40 kg / m2)
- Pregnancy
- Sickle cell anemia
- Smoke
- Type 2 diabetes mellitus
- Asthma (moderate to severe)
- Cerebrovascular disease (affects blood vessels and blood supply to the brain)
- Cystic fibrosis
- Hypertension or high blood pressure
- Immunocompromised state (weakened immune system) due to blood or bone marrow transplantation, immune deficiencies, HIV, use of corticosteroids or use of other drugs to weaken the immune system
- Neurological conditions, such as dementia
- Liver disease
- Excess weight (BMI> 25 kg / m2, but <30 kg / m2)
- Pulmonary fibrosis (with damaged lung tissue or scarring)
- Thalassemia (a type of blood disorder)
- Type 1 diabetes mellitus
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