{"id":17736,"date":"2026-03-16T12:38:21","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T16:38:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/news\/?page_id=17736"},"modified":"2026-03-16T16:08:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T20:08:20","slug":"17736-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/news\/17736-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Health Department Closures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table style=\"height: 161px;\" width=\"671\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: #13294b; width: 692px; text-align: center;\" colspan=\"3\" width=\"692\">\n<h2><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Health Department Closings<br \/>\nfor Monday, March 16<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: #c1c6c8; width: 447px; text-align: center;\" colspan=\"2\" width=\"447\">As of 1:55 p.m., March 16, 2026<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table style=\"height: 4050px;\" width=\"671\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Alexandria Health Department<\/td>\n<td>Closed<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Charles City Health Department<\/td>\n<td>Closed<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Essex County Health Department<\/td>\n<td>Closed<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Prince George Health Department<\/td>\n<td>Closed<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Surry Health Department<\/td>\n<td>Closed<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Teen Wellness Center<\/td>\n<td>Closed<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Alexandria Health Department<\/td>\n<td>Early Closure<\/td>\n<td>1:00 PM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Brunswick County Health Department<\/td>\n<td>Early Closure<\/td>\n<td>1:00 PM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Caroline County Health Department<\/td>\n<td>Early Closure<\/td>\n<td>12:00 PM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Chesterfield Health Department<\/td>\n<td>Early Closure<\/td>\n<td>12:00 PM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>City of Fredericksburg Health Department<\/td>\n<td>Early Closure<\/td>\n<td>1:00 PM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Culpeper County Health Department<\/td>\n<td>Early Closure<\/td>\n<td>1:30 PM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Cumberland County Health Department<\/td>\n<td>Early Closure<\/td>\n<td>1:00 PM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Danville Health Department (District HQ)<\/td>\n<td>Early Closure<\/td>\n<td>1:00 PM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dinwiddie Health Department<\/td>\n<td>Early Closure<\/td>\n<td>12:00 PM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>East End Health Facility WIC Clinic<\/td>\n<td>Early Closure<\/td>\n<td>2:00 PM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Fauquier County Health Department<\/td>\n<td>Early Closure<\/td>\n<td>1:30 PM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Fluvanna County Health Department<\/td>\n<td>Early Closure<\/td>\n<td>12:30 PM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Franklin City Health Department<\/td>\n<td>Early Closure<\/td>\n<td>12:00 PM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Franklin County Health Department<\/td>\n<td>Early Closure<\/td>\n<td>2:00 PM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Frederick-Winchester Environmental Health<\/td>\n<td>Early Closure<\/td>\n<td>1:00 PM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Frederick-Winchester Health Department<\/td>\n<td>Early Closure<\/td>\n<td>1:00 PM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Gloucester County Health Department<\/td>\n<td>Early Closure<\/td>\n<td>1:00 PM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Goochland Health Department<\/td>\n<td>Early Closure<\/td>\n<td>12:15 PM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Greensville-Emporia Health Department<\/td>\n<td>Early Closure<\/td>\n<td>11:00 AM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Halifax County Health Department<\/td>\n<td>Early Closure<\/td>\n<td>1:00 PM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hanover Health Department<\/td>\n<td>Early Closure<\/td>\n<td>12:15 PM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Henrico Health Department, East<\/td>\n<td>Early Closure<\/td>\n<td>12:00 PM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Henrico Health Department, West<\/td>\n<td>Early Closure<\/td>\n<td>12:00 PM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Henrico Health Department, WIC Office<\/td>\n<td>Early Closure<\/td>\n<td>12:00 PM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Henry-Martinsville Health Department<\/td>\n<td>Early Closure<\/td>\n<td>2:00 PM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hopewell Health Department<\/td>\n<td>Early Closure<\/td>\n<td>12:00 PM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Kao Circle &#8211; 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