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Dr. Danny Avula

Dr. Danny Avula
Feb 4, 2022

Avula tapped as Va. social services commissioner

Dr. Danny Avula, the director of Richmond and Henrico County‘s health districts and the state’s former COVID vaccine coordinator, has accepted Gov. Glenn Youngkin‘s appointment to become commissioner of the state’s Department of Social Services, the health districts announced Friday. In January 2021, Avula was given responsibility for organizing the state’s COVID-19 v[...]

Oct 22, 2021

Moderna, J&J booster shots now available in Va.

Moderna and Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 booster shots are now available in Virginia, the Virginia Department of Health announced Friday. Dr. Danny Avula, the state’s vaccination liaison, said in a statement that pharmacies, doctors’ offices, hospitals and other providers are prepared for the rollout of the booster shots, which has been in the works for […]

Dr. Danny Avula
Aug 19, 2021

Va. is ready to deploy COVID vaccine booster doses

As COVID cases are on the rise again, driven by the delta variant of the coronavirus, the Virginia Department of Health has begun administering third COVID-19 vaccine doses to immunocompromised people and is ready to expand third-dose booster vaccinations to more Virginia residents on Sept. 20, the target date set by the federal government, state […]

Aug 10, 2021

VDH officials expect more workplaces to mandate vaccines

More workplaces will likely require employees to be vaccinated once the Food and Drug Administration provides full licensure of the Pfizer vaccine, expected in September, Dr. Danny Avula, the state’s vaccine coordinator, said Tuesday at a Virginia Department of Health media briefing. “COVID is not going to go away after this delta variant,” Avula said, […]

Jan 16, 2021

State anticipates fewer COVID vaccine doses due to U.S. shortfall

Virginia public health officials said Saturday that the number of COVID-19 vaccine doses sent to the state is likely to decrease — possibly by a significant amount — because the federal government does not have the reserve of doses it had said were being held back for second shots. Dr. Danny Avula, the state’s vaccine […]

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