Vaccine rollout moving smoothly in Virginia

Health care groups in Virginia say the rollout of the state’s first doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine has been smooth and without problems.

About 70,000 vaccine doses were being distributed to hospitals across the commonwealth Monday and Tuesday. Because of the limited number of doses, they initially will be made available to the top priority groups, which are residents and staff at long-term care facilities and health care workers. Those with the highest risk jobs and those with the highest risk of exposure will be the first among the priority group to receive the vaccine.