To the Fairfax County Community,

Today, the Board met with a full agenda. We covered the County Executive's FY22 budget proposal and heard the recommendations from my Task Force on Equity and Opportunity. I also want to share some good news on the vaccine front - I am pleased to announce that Giant Pharmacy has agreed to partner formally with the Fairfax Health Department. They will be vaccinating people registered in our system, using our scheduler starting tomorrow.

Vaccinations will begin with four locations, with more locations to be announced later this week. These stores will serve as alternatives to County facility sites. Residents in our existing queue who are being offered an appointment by the County when their turn comes up, will have the option of choosing which Giant location. Below are the addresses of the stores that will come on line. Again, Giant will be working off the County's registration list, please do not show up at these locations without an appointment and we hope to soon add more locations.

• 7501 Huntsman Boulevard, Springfield, VA
• 6364A Springfield Plaza, Springfield, VA
• 5740 Union Mill Road, Clifton, VA
• 5870 Kingstowne Boulevard, Alexandria, VA

This partnership will improve access for our residents and help expedite our vaccination process. There is still a nationwide shortage of vaccine that has slowed our ability to vaccinate. That said, I am hopeful supply is starting to pick up (we got 16,000 vaccine doses this week, up from 13,500). We need your patience, we are getting through the queue as fast as possible.

The agenda for today's Board meeting is available for your review here.

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