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Welcome to the
Roanoke City & Alleghany
Health Districts
Newsletter
07.06.22
Health updates for residents of the
Roanoke City & Alleghany Health Districts (RCAHD)
It's FINALLY Their Turn!

Virginians over 6 months old have started
receiving FREE COVID-19 vaccines
On June 23, the Roanoke Health Department was thrilled to be among the first local providers to begin offering COVID-19 vaccines to our youngest residents, ages six months and older. We vaccinated more than 50 newly eligible children at that clinic.

Now more than 450,000 children in Virginia are eligible for COVID-19 vaccines which help protect against severe illness, long-term complications, and death.

At the June 23 clinic in Roanoke was the Elliott Family with their 21-month-old twins (top), and the Dunagan Family with their 3-year-old son (left).
Get Vaccinated- Get Rewarded!

We're giving away TWO FREE ride passes to the Salem Fair to anyone who gets vaccinated at our Craig Health Department clinic this Thursday, July 7 in New Castle.
Appointments preferred- call (540) 864-5136. Maximum two free passes per person. While supplies last!
Need documentation of your COVID vaccine?
Beat The Rush!
Coming Soon: REVIVE! Training - Learn How to Save a Life
REVIVE! is a training for the general public on how to recognize and respond to an opioid overdose emergency.

  • In-person trainings are held on the second Thursday of every month at the Roanoke City Health Department from 5:30-7pm. The next in-person training date is July 14.

  • Virtual trainings are held monthly on the third Tuesdays from 12-1:30pm. The next virtual training event is July 19.


RCAHD also offers FREE Naloxone, a life-saving medication used to reverse an opioid overdose. Call us at 540-613-6597 to learn more.
RABIES ALERT: A fox was confirmed positive for rabies by the Virginia Department of Health on 6/30/2022 in the area between Botetourt Road and North Hancock St./ Springwood Road in Fincastle, VA. Botetourt County Animal Control collected the fox on 6/27/2022. Read more.

Virginia law requires pet owners (dogs and cats) to maintain current rabies vaccinations for animals four months old and older. In addition, citizens should not approach or touch wild animals, and should report any abnormal behavior involving wild animals.

If you live in the Botetourt area, all animal bites and rabies exposures (from wild and domestic animals) must be reported to the Botetourt County Health Department at (540) 473-8240, or the Botetourt County Animal Control Dispatcher at (540) 473-8320.
RCAHD COVID-19 Situation Update
07/06/22
Both COVID-19 and hepatitis A activity are holding relatively steady in the Roanoke City and Alleghany Health Districts although unfortunately, the number of people hospitalized with COVID did increase this week. We will continue to monitor disease activity in our community.
RCAHD is hiring!

Come join our team working to improve the health of the 277,000 residents of the Roanoke City and Alleghany Health Districts. Applications are accepted until 11:59 p.m. on the job closing date.

Office Services Assistant (wage) - #X1207 - Salem - closes: 7/6/2022


Nutritionist Associate (wage) - #RNX30 - Roanoke City - closes: 7/13/2022