Norfolk Public Health

The Norfolk Department of Public Health protects the health and environment of Norfolk through surveillance, service, and enforcement, and through building the capacity of citizens, individually and through neighborhoods, businesses and organizations. Public Health provides an array of programs including Epidemiology, Emergency Planning, Environmental Health and Vector Control, Nursing and Clinical, Population Health, and Women, Infant and Children (WIC) services.

Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

Norfolk Department of Public Health/Virginia Department of Health is closely monitoring the outbreak of a respiratory disease caused by a novel (new) coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19). Refer to the VDH webpage  for current number of cases under investigation in Virginia. If you have questions regarding the coronavirus, please contact our hotline at 757-683-2745.  Calls will be monitored from Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm.  The call center will be closed from 12:30pm-1:30pm (M-F).  Messages will be monitored during this time and over the weekend.   Virginia residents can also call the Virginia Department of Health public information line, 877-ASK-VDH3, for questions regarding the novel coronavirus situation.  Click for more...