{"id":750,"date":"2020-12-11T15:13:01","date_gmt":"2020-12-11T15:13:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/clinicians\/?page_id=750"},"modified":"2022-05-23T19:05:37","modified_gmt":"2022-05-23T19:05:37","slug":"urgent-volunteers-needed-for-covid-19-vaccination-campaign","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/clinicians\/urgent-volunteers-needed-for-covid-19-vaccination-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"Urgent: Volunteers Needed for COVID-19 Vaccination Campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1162\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/134\/2022\/05\/Letterhead-Oliver-2019-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1692\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Urgent: Volunteers Needed for COVID-19 Vaccination Campaign<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">December 11, 2020<\/p>\n<p>Dear Colleague:<\/p>\n<p>As part of your health profession license application or renewal, you indicated the willingness to volunteer in a public health emergency. Thank you for that commitment. The upcoming COVID\u201119 vaccination campaign will require a robust vaccination workforce. To become a part of that workforce, you must register with the Medical Reserve Corps (MRC).<\/p>\n<p>As an MRC COVID vaccine volunteer, you will serve in your own community when you are available. MRC volunteers have liability protection through the Commonwealth (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/mrc\/legal\/\">https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/mrc\/legal\/<\/a>).\u00a0 In addition to providing the COVID-19 vaccine, an MRC emergency volunteer also has the opportunity to participate in other vital missions. Since February, MRC volunteers have worked over 110,000 hours in support of COVID-19 testing, outbreak investigation, contact tracing, public information, and medical surge response in long\u2011term care facilities.<\/p>\n<p>There are benefits of MRC service. The COVID-19 vaccination training may be eligible to meet your continuing education requirements; but most important, you will be using your skills to vaccinate essential personnel and your neighbors to help to end this pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>Learn more about the Virginia MRC at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vamrc.org\/\">www.vamrc.org<\/a>. To sign up, complete the online application in our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vamrc.org\/vvhs\">Virginia Volunteer Health System<\/a>.\u00a0 You are invited to attend the next <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/mrc\/orientation\/\">COVID-19 MRC Orientation<\/a> and COVID-19 Vaccination Operations Overview training on December 12, 2020, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. via Zoom using this link <a href=\"https:\/\/zoom.us\/j\/358455596\">https:\/\/zoom.us\/j\/358455596<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Please feel free to contact your<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/mrc\/contact\/\"> local MRC unit coordinator <\/a>\u00a0or email <a href=\"mailto:vamrc@vdh.virginia.gov\">vamrc@vdh.virginia.gov<\/a> if you have any questions.<\/p>\n<p>Sincerely,<\/p>\n<p>M. 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