Mass Vaccination Site Begins Scheduling In Alexandria

ALEXANDRIA, VA — A mass vaccination site in Alexandria has begun to schedule appointments for preregistered people in the City of Alexandria and Fairfax County.

The Inova-run vaccination site, located at Victory Center at 5001 Eisenhower Avenue, has an initial capacity to vaccinate around 6,000 people per day. The site will start taking patients for the COVID-19 vaccine on March 29, according to a newsletter from Fairfax County Board of Supervisors Chairman Jeff McKay.

It is only available to residents preregistered with the Alexandria Health Department or Fairfax County Health Department who receive an invitation to schedule their vaccine appointment.

"While the center is technically in the City of Alexandria, it is serving Fairfax County residents and will be particularly helpful to those in South County," McKay wrote.

Alexandria residents should preregister through the state registration system at vaccinate.virginia.gov. Fairfax County residents should continue to use the local health department's form.

Alexandria and Fairfax County continue to work through waitlists for phase 1b of vaccinations. As of Friday morning, the Fairfax County Health Department is scheduling appointments for eligible people who preregistered on March 6. The wait list has approximately 88,000 people left of more than 373,000 who have preregistered to date.

According to the Alexandria Health Department, the following groups are being scheduled:

• Phase 1a: Everyone who preregistered by March 22.
• Ages 75 and up: Everyone who preregistered by March 22.
• Ages 65-74: Everyone who preregistered by March 22.
• Ages 16-64 with certain existing medical conditions:
  • Those in priority census tracts who preregistered by 9 a.m. on Feb. 4.
  • Those in all other census tracts who preregistered by 2 p.m. on Jan. 26.

As reported by the Virginia Department of Health, 259,567 people have at least one vaccine dose and 137,874 are fully vaccinated in Fairfax County. Alexandria has 31,117 people with at least one dose and 19,239 fully vaccinated.

According to state guidance, all local health districts are expected to start phase 1c in mid-April and open eligibility to all Virginians 16 and up at the start of May.