With supplies running short and localities searching for any amidst the coronavirus outbreak, Stafford County is working to provide these supplies to their community, with the help of volunteers and donors.

Stafford County has set up a warehouse and supply chain to address this supply shortage. Working with members of Stafford Fire and Rescue, Stafford’s volunteer Community Emergency Response Team (CERT), and Team Rubicon, a veterans disaster relief organization, The county will be accepting public donations between Monday and Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. 

With fewer volunteers on hand to take care of animals during the spread of the coronavirus, an effort is underway to clear the shelters. 

Between Thursday, March 26 and Wednesday, April 1, the BISSELL Pet Foundation will help foot the bill to lower adoption fees for their shelter animals at the Fredericksburg SPCA, located at 10819 Courthouse Road.

Fredericksburg has reported its first confirmed case of coronavirus.

It brings the total number of cases in the Rappahannock Area Health District to 13. There are nine cases reported on Stafford County and three in Spotsylvania County.