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By BRUCE SCHREINER and PIPER HUDSPETH BLACKBURN
Associated Press Aug 3, 2021
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) â Kentuckyâs vaccination rate against COVID-19 has taken a sudden upward turn as people seek to protect themselves from the highly contagious delta variant that has caused the most coronavirus cases in months, Gov. Andy Beshear said Monday.
The delta variant is âspreading like wildfireâ and puts the unvaccinated at significant risk, the governor warned, adding: âPlease, go get vaccinated.â
In the past three days, more than 22,000 Kentuckians have heeded such calls and received a dose of the potentially life-saving vaccine, Beshear said. Last week, nearly 41,000 Kentuckians received the shot â about half the total number of vaccinations during a four-week stretch in July, he said.
FRANKFORT — Kentucky has received $340,000 in grant funding to assist with planning and logistics for the nationwide transition to a simplified behavioral health crisis line to be known as
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Over 2,000 licensed child care centers and family child care homes in Kentucky will potentially benefit from federal funding received last month totaling $195.5 million for child care aid, an appropriation of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act and the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2021.
Governor Andy Beshear said
, “The COVID-19 pandemic has created a crisis unlike any endured before on human services and has necessitated emergency measures that started nearly a year ago and will extend far into the future. This is why we are so appreciative of federal funding that will make a difference in every one of our commonwealth’s 120 counties.”