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    Governor Youngkin's COVID-19 action plan aims to protect lives and livelihoods through expanded vaccination efforts, increased healthcare flexibility, and prioritized testing. His plan includes directing resources toward vaccine outreach, hosting vaccination events, deploying mobile units, and empowering individuals with choices over mandates. It also provides flexibility for healthcare workers and facilities, redirects therapeutics, and prioritizes rapid testing for students, essential workers, vulnerable groups, and those needing medical care.

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    Governor Youngkin's COVID-19 action plan aims to protect lives and livelihoods through expanded vaccination efforts, increased healthcare flexibility, and prioritized testing. His plan includes directing resources toward vaccine outreach, hosting vaccination events, deploying mobile units, and empowering individuals with choices over mandates. It also provides flexibility for healthcare workers and facilities, redirects therapeutics, and prioritizes rapid testing for students, essential workers, vulnerable groups, and those needing medical care.

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    Governor Glenn Youngkin

    COVID-19 Action Plan

    The Omicron variant of COVID-19 has led to rapidly increasing infections and hospitalizations.
    While it often results in less severe illness, its preponderance and rapid spread - combined with
    severe staffing shortages and test shortages - is straining our health care system. Our health
    systems are heavily relying on temporary staffing arrangements to meet the ongoing demand,
    and many are operating under contingency and crisis standards of care.

    Governor Glenn Youngkin will continue to lead in the fight against COVID-19, applying both
    science and commonsense to make sure that we can protect both lives and livelihoods.
    Governor Youngkin is taking decisive action to ensure that we keep Virginians healthy and keep
    our Commonwealth open for business.

    COVID-19 VACCINE MARSHALL PLAN FOR VIRGINIA

    Governor Glenn Youngkin will devote additional resources and efforts to encouraging the nearly
    1.6 million Virginians who are still unvaccinated to get the COVID-19 vaccine and booster. Data
    shows that people vaccinated from COVID-19 are 4 times less likely to be hospitalized than
    those who are not. Governor Youngkin’s actions include:

    1. Directing the Secretary of Health and Human Resources to re-prioritize resources toward
    vaccine education and outreach, including expanded efforts in disproportionately
    unvaccinated communities

    2. Plans to host 120 COVID-19 vaccine events across the Commonwealth and Direct the
    Secretary of Health and Human Resources to devote additional resources to future
    events

    3. Deploying additional Mobile Vaccine Units to rural communities

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    4. Working with Governors across the country to identify and utilize best practices on
    vaccine education

    5. Empowering Virginians with choices, not mandates

    EXPANDED HEALTH CARE FLEXIBILITY, SUPPORT, & TREATMENT

    Virginia’s hospitals and health care facilities are in crisis. Governor Glenn Youngkin signed
    Executive Order #11 to give health care providers flexibility and support to battle staffing
    shortages caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and unconstitutional federal mandates on health
    care workers. Governor Youngkin’s actions include:

    1. Creating appropriate exemptions to scope of practice requirements to allow health care


    providers to care for patients in this difficult time

    2. Allowing hospitals and nursing homes to rapidly expand bed capacity by temporarily
    waiving regulations

    3. Expanding flexibility, overtime hours, and availability for personal care workers

    4. Providing flexibility for licensed out-of-state nurses and health care professionals to
    practice in Virginia

    5. Redirecting resources to assist with the access and availability of therapeutics and
    expanding the number of providers available to offer oral therapeutics, including
    allowing therapeutics to be distributed at hospitals without onsite pharmacies

    6. Ensure appropriate reimbursement for innovative treatment solutions for individuals,


    including telemedicine, including safe at home programs that allow individuals with mild
    symptoms to receive care remotely

    7. Deploying the Commonwealth’s supply of personal protective equipment

    8. Encouraging blood donation and providing support to the Red Cross to support
    emergency and planned surgeries

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    PRIORITIZED TESTING GUIDELINES

    Governor Glenn Youngkin will prioritize testing guidelines to mitigate supply-chain shortages for
    COVID-19 tests. The Governor will discourage mass testing for the purposes of pre-screening,
    discourage asymptomatic individuals from testing, and urge healthy individuals with mild
    symptoms to stay home and use discretion on testing. Governor Youngkin’s actions include:

    1. Directing the Secretary of Health and Human Resources to expedite pending orders of
    rapid tests and to work with the White House to speed the distribution of federally-
    acquired tests to Virginia localities

    2. Redeploying unused tests at state agencies and other non-essential facilities to schools,
    hospitals, and nursing facilities

    3. Directing the State Health Commissioner to issue new guidelines that prioritize the use
    of rapid tests for key categories, including:
    a. Students potentially exposed to COVID-19 who need to test to remain in school
    b. Essential health care professionals and other essential workers who need to be
    tested to return to work
    c. Vulnerable citizens including those in nursing facilities and over the age of 65
    d. Those with serious medical conditions and their caregivers
    e. Those who need to be tested after consultation with a healthcare provider
    f. Expand availability to individuals as test supplies increase

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