Loudoun Seeks Volunteers For Medical Corps As Flu Season Ramps Up

LOUDOUN COUNTY, VA — The Loudoun Medical Reserve Corps is calling for volunteers to help in protecting the community’s health during the coronavirus pandemic.

The Medical Reserve Corps serves a key role in the county’s fall influenza vaccination campaigns. When the time comes, the reserve corps also will play an important role in coronavirus vaccination campaigns, according to the Loudoun County Health Department.

Medical professionals of all types are needed, including doctors, nurses, emergency medical technicians, dentists and veterinarians. Nonmedical volunteers also are needed to serve as translators, provide logistical support, staff information lines and perform other nonmedical functions.

“Loudoun Medical Reserve Corps volunteers have been working every day, seven days a week since March to help keep Loudoun residents safe from COVID-19," Loudoun County Health Director Dr. David Goodfriend said Thursday in a statement.

With flu vaccination campaigns ramping up, "the more people who can volunteer, whether they’re medical or nonmedical, the better,” Goodfriend said.

Officials estimate that since the pandemic began, Loudoun Medical Reserve Corps personnel have volunteered more than 9,000 hours, providing a cost-savings to the county of more than $275,000.

Since the start of the coronavirus crisis, Loudoun County has reported 6,747 positive cases of the coronavirus and 428 hospitalizations of people with COVID-19. As of Thursday, 124 Loudoun residents have died from the disease since March.

An online registration form to join the Medical Reserve Corp is available on the Loudoun County website.