Crater Health District Announces COVID-19 Marketing Taskforce
Last Updated: January 21, 2025 Media Contact: Tara Rose, Tara.Rose@vdh.virginia.gov The Crater Health District (CHD) is pleased to announce a new opportunity for collaborating and maintaining consistent messaging for all localities within the Crater Health District to include the cities of Emporia, Hopewell and Petersburg, and the counties of Dinwiddie, Greensville, Prince George, Surry and...
Crater Health District Experiencing Increase in COVID-19 Community Transmission
Last Updated: January 22, 2025 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Tara Rose, Tara.Rose@vdh.virginia.gov PRECAUTIONS PROVIDE THE BEST PROTECTION (Petersburg, Virginia) – We have made progress in reducing the spread of COVID-19 in the Commonwealth; however, the Crater Health District (CHD) located within the Central Region is now experiencing an increase in COVID-19 community transmission. We...
A Second Fox in Surry County Tests Positive for Rabies
Last Updated: January 22, 2025 For More Information Contact Toinette Waldon, Environmental Health Manager, Toinette.Waldon@vdh.virginia.gov Media Contact: Tara Rose, Tara.Rose@vdh.virginia.gov (Surry, Va.)- A second red fox tests positive for rabies in Surry County. The female fox was collected from 2030 Cobham Warf Road on Friday, May 29, 2020. Just a few weeks earlier, the first...