| ||||||||||
Dr. Ronald P. Rogers CHIROPRACTOR Support for your body's natural healing capabilities 270-384-5554 Click here for details Columbia Gas Dept. GAS LEAK or GAS SMELL Contact Numbers 24 hrs/ 365 days 270-384-2006 or 9-1-1 Call before you dig Visit ColumbiaMagazine's Directory of Churches Addresses, times, phone numbers and more for churches in Adair County Find Great Stuff in ColumbiaMagazine's Classified Ads Antiques, Help Wanted, Autos, Real Estate, Legal Notices, More... |
Gov. Beshear, Dr. Stack: First vaccine shipments arriving soon Long-term care residents, health care workers will be among first Kentuckians to receive vaccine By Crystal Staley/Sebastian Kitchen Frankfort, KY - Today, Gov. Andy Beshear and Dr. Steven Stack, commissioner of the Kentucky Department for Public Health (KDPH), said the state is expecting to receive approximately 38,000 doses of the vaccine against the novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) as early as mid-December. "Those will be provided to 38,000 individuals. We can go ahead and provide the first of these shots, and then we will receive the booster shots about three weeks later," said Gov. Beshear. "We will be ready on moment one that we're able to provide these vaccines." The Pfizer and Moderna vaccines both require an initial shot followed by a booster shot. While the number of doses and allocation plan are subject to change, the Governor said as of today the majority of the state's initial vaccine shipment will go to long-term care (LTC) facilities; about 12,000 doses will go to hospitals to help inoculate health care workers. "Every week we do not vaccinate long-term care residents, we lose them. With vaccines, we can provide such better protection to these individuals," said Gov. Beshear. "We've been taking aggressive steps since the beginning of this virus, committed to fighting back, not surrendering to it or accepting avoidable loss." The state's immediate goal is reducing COVID-19 deaths. With 66% of the deaths coming from LTC facilities, vaccines could help significantly decrease Kentucky's COVID-19 death toll beginning in January. Also, because LTC residents tend to require the most care, vaccinations in LTC facilities will help reduce COVID-19's burden on Kentucky's health care system. This week, the state is participating in an end-to-end exercise with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Pfizer and McKesson to test one shipment of an empty thermal shipping container and a mock ancillary kit to one clinic site, the University of Kentucky Medical Center. This test run will help the state prepare for the initial vaccine distribution to LTC and health care facilities; the initial distribution will, in turn, prepare the commonwealth for even larger, more complex distributions in the months ahead. "There is an extensive process in play here. First of all, these companies had to build these vaccines, they had to do the research, they had to demonstrate that they were safe," said Dr. Stack. "Concurrently, we've had to consider how we will use these vaccines when very small quantities are available at the beginning, but there are many, many people who need the vaccine. The CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) is going to have an emergency meeting tomorrow to further refine their recommendations. "There is a bright light at the end of the tunnel, but we're not out of the woods yet. If we all mask up and socially distance, we can buy our hospitals the time they need." Kentuckians can visit the KYCOVID-19 website for more information on the vaccines, including the state's draft plan and FAQs. A public service communication campaign is also expected to launch in December. Case Information As of 4 p.m. Monday, Nov. 30, Gov. Beshear reported the following COVID-19 numbers:
Top counties with the most positive cases today are: Jefferson, Fayette, Kenton, Daviess and Warren. The red zone counties for this week can be found here: https://chfs.ky.gov/Pages/cv19maps.aspx. Community leaders, businesses, schools and families in these counties should all follow red zone reduction recommendations, as well as other orders and guidance. Those reported lost to the virus today include two women, ages 74 and 86, from Caldwell County; a 50-year-old woman from Daviess County; a 90-year-old man from Fayette County; a 68-year-old man from Grayson County; a 56-year-old woman from Jefferson County; a 77-year-old man from Marshall County; a 75-year-old woman and two men, ages 67 and 75, from McCracken County; an 87-year-old woman from McLean County; and an 84-year-old man from Webster County. Dr. Deborah Birx, coordinator of the White House coronavirus task force, said if you traveled or met with people outside of your household for Thanksgiving, you should "assume that you were exposed [to COVID-19] and you became infected and you really need to get tested in the next week." This story was posted on 2020-11-30 18:28:55
Printable: this page is now automatically formatted for printing.
Have comments or corrections for this story? Use our contact form and let us know. More articles from topic News:
District 8 crews ready for first winter event KY Food and Beverage Relief Funds application portal now open CU: Well-known scholars teaching classes on race in spring Reminder: BBall goal quotes are due by 4pmCT on Wednesday 2021 Kentucky Fruit and Vegetable Conference set for January Veteran Col. William W. Lytle honored for Community Service A look back at recipes in Historic Kentucky Kitchens Adair schools are in - virtually - tutors available to help Rain and snow today, high 37F 7-County Area Courts for Mon 30 Nov 2020 View even more articles in topic News |
|
||||||||
| ||||||||||
Quick Links to Popular Features
Looking for a story or picture? Try our Photo Archive or our Stories Archive for all the information that's appeared on ColumbiaMagazine.com. | ||||||||||
Contact us: Columbia Magazine and columbiamagazine.com are published by Linda Waggener and Pen Waggener, PO Box 906, Columbia, KY 42728. Please use our contact page, or send questions about technical issues with this site to webmaster@columbiamagazine.com. All logos and trademarks used on this site are property of their respective owners. All comments remain the property and responsibility of their posters, all articles and photos remain the property of their creators, and all the rest is copyright 1995-Present by Columbia Magazine. Privacy policy: use of this site requires no sharing of information. Voluntarily shared information may be published and made available to the public on this site and/or stored electronically. Anonymous submissions will be subject to additional verification. Cookies are not required to use our site. However, if you have cookies enabled in your web browser, some of our advertisers may use cookies for interest-based advertising across multiple domains. For more information about third-party advertising, visit the NAI web privacy site.
|