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FEB. 8, 2021

WATCH: Update on Vaccine Distribution

Board Chair Matt de Ferranti shares an update on vaccine distribution to Arlington County, including some info on how many are eligible compared to how many doses Arlington is receiving on a weekly basis. En Español

Share Hope with Your Community

During this stressful time, help create hope for our community through sharing words of affirmation, a favorite quote or your own creative valentine.

Submit your visual or written creative work designed to honor, uplift and celebrate Arlington to the Valentine’s Card Catalog edition of Quaranzine. All ages are welcome and encouraged to submit; content should be appropriate for a wide audience. Submissions accepted until Feb. 22.

Vaccinations in Arlington and Virginia

ARLINGTON COUNTY Vaccine Doses Administered: 20,675 People Fully Vaccinated: 4,495

COVID-19 News & Notes

• The APS Superintendent provided a return-to-school update on health and safety metrics, vaccinations and air quality at the Feb. 4 School Board meeting

• Are you in a place to help your community? Visit Volunteer Arlington for an up-to-date list of nonprofit needs

• 1,110 active duty service members will support five FEMA vaccinations centers

• FDA has scheduled a meeting on Feb. 26, to discuss the request for emergency use authorization (EUA) for a COVID-19 vaccine from Johnson & Johnson

• Governor Ralph Northam called on all K-12 school divisions in the Commonwealth to make in-person learning options available by March 15, 2021

• VDH announced the first case of the SARS-CoV-2 variant B.1.351 has been identified in an adult resident of Eastern Virginia (CDC: US COVID-19 Cases Caused by Variants)

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Questions about COVID-19? Call the County's public information line at

703-228-7999, Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

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