VA officials confident they’re ready for the next COVID surge

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VA officials confident they’re ready for the next COVID surge
By Leo Shane III
Wednesday, Oct 19
A health worker administers a dose of COVID-19 vaccine during a vaccination clinic in Reading, Pa., in September 2021. (Matt Rourke/AP)

Veterans Affairs health officials said Wednesday they are confident in their system’s ability to handle another surge in COVID-19 cases later this year, even as vaccine and booster shot distribution has slowed nationwide.

“We have the tools now to really weather another wave of increased cases in ways that we didn’t have before,” said Dr. Shereef Elnahal, VA undersecretary for health, during a press roundtable.

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