RICHMOND, Va. (ABC7) — In his news conference Wednesday afternoon, Gov. Ralph Northam said communities in Virginia are experiencing big increases in the number of drug overdoses since the COVID-19 pandemic began.
“In Roanoke County, dispatchers have responded to twice as many fatal overdoses in the first five months of this year than they did in all of 2019,” the governor said. "The Northern Shenandoah Region has also seen a substantial increase in overdoses, both fatal and non-fatal, compared to the same time last year.”
“As a physician, these reports are very, very concerning to me,” the governor said.
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