Roanoke Fire Chief David Hoback gets his COVID-19 vaccine shot on Dec. 23.
Virginia could receive up to 433,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine doses for the first week of March, depending on the timing of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s approval of Johnson & Johnson’s one-shot vaccine, according to Dr. Danny Avula, the state’s vaccine coordinator.
During a Friday news conference, Avula said the state expects to receive 69,000 doses of Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine during the week of March 1 if Johnson & Johnson receives FDA approval within a few days, as expected. (On Friday, an FDA panel endorsed Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine and recommended that it receive emergency federal approval.)
Avula cautioned, however, that the number of doses after that will be considerably lower for a couple of weeks into March, until Johnson & Johnson can boost production.
