| No one knows exactly how many people on the Peninsula have had the coronavirus vaccination. âRight now, if you asked what percentage of Newport News or Hampton is vaccinated, or how many shots have gone into the arms -- true numbers -- no one could give that to you,â said Newport Fire Chief Jeffrey Johnson. When the vaccine rollout began in January, leaders on the Peninsula announced three main vaccination sites that were operated by appointment only for 1a and 1b essential workers with occasional doses given to people with underlying health conditions identified by the health department. Hampton and Poquoson banded together to operate a clinic at the Hampton Roads Convention Center. Newport News and York County trained volunteers to vaccinate their workers at Christopher Newport University, and Williamsburg and James City County ran a clinic at the Colonial Williamsburg Visitor Center. Â Read more in this Sunday's Main News section. When it comes to coronavirus vaccines, pastors have emerged as key influencers in the Black community, encouraging their congregants to get shots and helping them find appointments. Though many studies showed Black people were more hesitant about vaccines than other demographic groups early on, now faith leaders say the issue isn't that minorities don't want to get the shots but that they struggle to access the resources. Hospitals like Sentara Healthcare and Chesapeake Regional Medical Center are partnering with prominent Black church groups in Hampton Roads to reach older Black residents.
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How local health officials are going to balance the influx of new vaccines with not enough/overburdened staff.
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At the edge of meandering Virginia Beach farmland whose roads might be named for the people who still live there, Pungo Boys BBQ is the sort of smoke-fueled stop you might hope to find wherever subdivision cul-de-sacs yield to rows of tomatoes. It is a place where beef is always whatâs for dinner â unless itâs pork â and everyoneâs nicer than you even know how to be.
Read more in the Sunday Break section Tastemakers series. Kristin Shockley owns Lustre Theory, a high-end boutique design firm in Norfolk.
 Read more in the Sunday Break section. Weâre three months into 2021. Letâs check on those financial New Yearâs resolutions. (Remember those?) Quite possibly, theyâve already gone awry. Maybe you planned to build a $1,000 emergency fund, but the balance is still zero. Or perhaps you swore off takeout, yet youâre scraping the last bite of chow mein from a paper container as you read this. Donât beat yourself up. You donât have to give up on your goal because of a setback.   Read more in the Sunday Work & Money section.
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