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BY JOHN R. [email protected]
(434) 791-7987
Danielle Henderson got onelast look at her husband’s blueeyes in the hospital room beforehe slipped away.
Henderson’s husband,46-year-old Chris Henderson,died Sunday of COVID-19 atUniversity of Virginia MedicalCenter in Charlottesville, where
he had been on a ventilatorafter cardiac arrest.
“They allowed me to go seehim yesterday,” Danielle toldthe Danville Register & Bee onMonday. “When I walked in, hehad his eyes open. I got to seehis beautiful blue eyes.”
Chris Henderson’s familydescribed a man who was fullof life, who loved sports andanimals and who had startedhis own business — H and H
Appraisal Services— just a few yearsago.
He was intophysical fitnessand loved weight-lifting, boxing,kickboxing andmotorcycles. He
also had coached a girls volley-ball team in Pittsylvania County.
“He loved to be around the lit-tle girls and teaching them vol-leyball,” said his father, GeorgeHenderson, who represents theTunstall District on the Pittsyl-vania County School Board.
A 1992 graduate of ChathamHigh School, Chris Hendersonwas an only child.
“He was very charismatic, avery popular, dynamic person-ality,” George Henderson said.“He was an extremely intelligentguy.”
In late August, Chris Hender-son developed a slight cough.He thought he had a sinusinfection, his wife said. He wastested Aug. 22, and the resultscame back positive three dayslater.
Then, two days later, hestarted experiencing shortness
of breath.“He went to Moses Cone, and
they sent him home,” she said,referring to Moses H. Cone Me-morial Hospital in Greensboro,North Carolina.
But he developed a fever, andhis coughing became morefrequent. He went to SovahHealth-Martinsville on Aug. 29and was admitted.
“It really hit his lungs hardat first,” George Hendersonsaid. “From there, it just wentdownhill.”
Personal trainer dies of COVID-19Former Danville resident Chris Hendersonwas diagnosed in August, died Sunday at 46
Henderson
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BY JOHN R. [email protected]
(434) 791-7987
Danville’s sheriff said Monday he hopesto have all the inmates at the Danville CityJail tested for COVID-19 by today follow-ing an outbreak at the facility last week.
“After consulting with health depart-ment officials, the remainder of the in-mates at the Danville City Jail will betested for COVID-19,” Danville SheriffMike Mondul said via email Monday af-ternoon. “The results of those tests willbe released as soon as practical after theyare known.”
As for whether employees would betested as well, Mondul said the focusis on inmates at this time. He added heplanned on having employees tested af-ter tests for the inmates are completed.
Virginia Department of Health spokes-man Robert Parker said the departmentis coordinating with local jail officials.
“We working with the jail as we dowith all facilities that are experiencingCOVID-19 outbreaks,” Parker said viaemail Monday.
A couple of staff members at the jailwere positive when they were tested ontheir own but not since the recent jailoutbreak, Mondul said Sunday.
In addition to a total of 255 inmates, thejail has about 50 to 60 employees.
After announcing last week that one in-mate tested positive for COVID-19, a totalof 49 were infected as of Saturday after-noon. Additional tests were administeredFriday night for 63 inmates in three hous-ing areas.
Followingoutbreak,all inmatesto be testedCity sheriff consulted withVa. Department of Health;jail employees may be next
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BY ZEKE MILLER, JILL COLVINAND AAMER MADHANI
The Associated Press
BETHESDA, Md. — PresidentDonald Trump said Mondayhe’s leaving the military hospital
where he has been receiving anunprecedented level of care forCOVID-19, immediately ignitinga new controversy by declaringthat despite his illness the nationshould not be afraid of the virusthat has killed more than 210,000
Americans.Trump’s doctor, Navy Cdr. Sean
Conley, said the president wouldnot be fully “out of the woods”for another week but Trumphad met or exceeded standardsfor discharge from the hospital.Trump is expected to continuehis recovery at the White House,where the reach of the outbreakthat has infected the highest lev-
els of the U.S. government is stillbeing uncovered.
Trump himself made a point ofsounding confident. He tweeted,“I will be leaving the great Wal-ter Reed Medical Center todayat 6:30 P.M. Feeling really good!Don’t be afraid of Covid. Don’t letit dominate your life. ... I feel bet-ter than I did 20 years ago!”
Trump’s message that people
shouldn’t fear the virus alarmedinfectious disease experts andsuggested the president’s illnesshad not caused him to rethinkhis often-cavalier attitude towardthe disease, which has also in-fected the first lady and severalWhite House aides, includingnew cases revealed Monday.
Leaving hospital, Trump tells nation not to fear coronavirusPresident’s message alarms infectious diseaseexperts who say it could worsen the spread
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BY PARKER [email protected]
(434) 791-7985
For about 12 years now, JeanTerry has taken her crochetedbaby blankets and sewn dressesto the Danville Farmers’ Marketin an attempt to earn some mon-ey to supplement her monthlySocial Security checks.
She’s had her crochet and sew-ing skills for much of her life, butshe only started selling some ofher work after she retired as away to keep busy. Business hadtraditionally been profitable, butthe COVID-19 pandemic has in-terrupted that pretty severely.
OUT OF THE MARKETDuring pandemic, vendors left without a place to sell non-essential items
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Dena Aaron, owner of My Little Soapbox Co., helps two customers during Saturday’s farmers market. Due to the market restrictingvendors to only sell essential items, Aaron cannot sell many of her homemade lotions or bath bombs alongside her soaps.
SharronWad-dey nowoffers acollectionof facemasks,includingsev-eral printswithsportsteams,so thatshe cancontinueto makemoneyat thefarmersmarket.
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