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Rising sixth-graders can get vaccinated this week at two walk-in clinics at Henrico County middle schools.
Henrico County Public Schools’ Department of School Health Services has partnered with the Henrico Health Department to hold the clinics July 25. The clinics will offer students the Tdap vaccine, which can protect against tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis, as well as the vaccine for HPV, which can protect against cancers caused by human papillomavirus.
The clinics will be held:
• from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. at John Rolfe Middle School, 6901 Messer Road in Varina;
• from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at L. Douglas Wilder Middle School, 6900 Wilkinson Road in Henrico.
In order to be vaccinated, students must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. If a participating student has health insurance, the accompanying parent or guardian should bring insurance or Medicaid cards. There is no Henrico residency requirement for the vaccinations, and there will be no out-of-pocket costs to participating families. If there is a line, those present when the clinic ends may still receive vaccinations.
“This is a huge opportunity for our community and can potentially reduce the number of students not allowed into instruction on our first day or days for failure to have a required vaccine,” said Robin Gilbert, supervisor of Henrico Schools’ Department of Student Health Services.
For details, call the Henrico County Health Department’s West End Clinic at 804-501-4651.
