Across the Greater Peninsula, your local health district is working hard to distribute the COVID-19 vaccines in an equitable and timely fashion. If you have questions about the safety, efficacy, or timing of the vaccines, please contact the health district in which you live and work. Whether you are in Hampton, Newport News, Williamsburg, James City County, Poquoson, or York County, we can connect you to the resources you need to make an informed decision about vaccination.
FAQ
- Schedule an appointment online: To find an appointment, visit vaccinate.virginia.gov, call 877-VAX-IN-VA (877-829-4682), or text your zip code to GETVAX (438829) for English or VACUNA (822862) for Spanish. At vaccinate.virginia.gov, you can access the “Search by Location” feature which allows you to enter the street address where you usually live. You will then be provided options for making an appointment.
- Schedule an appointment with Hampton & Peninsula Health Districts: Call 757-594-7069, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET, to schedule a vaccine appointment, or visit vaccinate.virginia.gov, and select either Peninsula Health Center or Hampton Health Center.
- Call the VDH hotline: The call center is available Monday through Friday, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m ET. There are Spanish and English-speaking agents, as well as additional language services in over 100 languages to assist those residents and workers who speak other languages. For individuals with access and functional needs, you can reach the call center via Virginia Relay, including by TTY, by dialing 7-1-1. ASL users have two ways to connect: by videophone at 1-877-VAX-IN-VA (1-877-829-4682) or by clicking the “ASL Now” button at vaccinate.virginia.gov.
HPHD only offers the Moderna vaccine, for adults and children (6 months and older).
- Peninsula Health Center (836-A J Clyde Morris Blvd., Newport News, Va 23601) in-house clinics will be held on the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of the month
- Hampton Health District Main Office (3130 Victoria Blvd., Hampton, Va 23661) in-house clinics will be held on the 2nd and 4th Mondays of the month
Due to the recent CV-19 vaccine commercialization, CV-19 vaccines are no longer free of charge to everyone, and eligibility requirements will apply (based on insurance). The good news is that most insurances (e.g., Medicaid, Medicare, and private health insurances) cover the cost of the vaccine.
Only clients that have completed a paper Encounter Form, in advance of the clinic, will be able to receive the vaccine.
If you would like to request a CV-19 appointment or community vaccination clinic, please call our CV-19 Call Line at 594-7069.
To look for an appointment, check with your child’s healthcare provider to see if they are providing COVID-19 vaccines for this age group. Many healthcare providers have vaccines, but some do not. You can find other locations such as retail pharmacies, local health departments, and federally qualified health centers at vaccinate.virginia.gov or call 877-VAX-IN-VA (877-829-4682).
Being “Up to Date” with COVID-19 vaccination provides the best available medical protection against COVID-19 AND goes several steps beyond being fully vaccinated.
Being “fully vaccinated” is a now outdated term that means that:
- A person has received all recommended doses in their primary series for Moderna, Pfizer-BioNTech, Novavax, or Johnson & Johnson (also known as Janssen) COVID-19 vaccine,
- AND
- At least 14 days have passed since the last vaccine dose was received.
Being “fully vaccinated” does not include updated bivalent vaccines and will NOT provide as much COVID-19 protection as being “Up to Date”.
Visit the CDC website for more information about staying up to date on COVID-19 vaccines.
For airline travel to other countries, COVID-19 viral testing is sometimes required for pre-travel screening on international airline flights. Some countries may still be requiring proof of vaccination before allowing travelers to enter certain facilities (e.g., restaurants). Before ANY travel to other countries, you should check closely with both your airline and with the national COVID-19 testing and COVID-19 vaccination requirements of the country or countries that you will be visiting.
For airline travel from other countries to the United States, CDC no longer requires any arriving passengers, including U.S. citizens. to show any proof of a negative COVID-19 viral PCR or antigen test.
For cruise ship travel, CDC recommends that you make sure you are up to date with your COVID-19 vaccines before travel.
For additional information, please visit the VDH’s Travelers FAQs or the CDC International Travelers’ web page.
COVID-19 vaccination records in the Virginia Immunization Information Systems (VIIS) are available through the COVID-19 Vaccination Record Request Portal.
This portal can be used to obtain a record of your COVID-19 vaccinations if you have misplaced the vaccine card you received at a vaccination clinic; if your vaccine doses were written on different cards; or if you would like to give a copy of your record to someone else.
Enter your name, date of birth, and ZIP code. If there is a match, the system will send a verification code to the phone number associated with your vaccination record, through either a text message or an automated voice call. This prevents other people from accessing your record. Once you enter the verification code, you can view, save, and print your Vaccination Record with QR (short for “Quick Response”) code. With iOS 15 or 16, you can securely store verifiable versions of your COVID-19 test results and immunization records in the Health app on your iPhone or iPod touch.
No. Ending the public health emergency declaration does not mean that COVID-19 is gone or that the pandemic is over. It simply means that the federal government is ending its COVID-19 emergency declaration. CDC and VDH will continue to have active responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the World Health Organization, the COVID-19 pandemic is not over.
Because COVID-19 continues to be present, it is important to:
· Stay up to date with your COVID-19 vaccines
· Get tested if you have been exposed to someone with COVID-19 or have symptoms of the illness, and
· Stay home if you are sick with COVID-19 and get treated as soon as possible if you are at high-risk for severe COVID-19.