Director of Kentucky Emergency Management Mike Dossett said the vaccination clinics are about health equity. Health equity means that everyone has the opportunity to be as healthy as possible, he said. That means removing obstacles, and we are taking yet another step in this process by opening the clinic in Henderson and a second one in Laurel County, Kentucky. We re trying to give 250 doses a day, in addition to the mobile outreach vans, Dossett said, noting that between the two federal sites, the goal is to get 7,000 people vaccinated a week.
Both the mobile units and the clinic sites will administer both rounds of vaccines at the proper intervals.
There will also be mobile units going into the region to help get people vaccinated. Mobile vans will be sent to 12 adjacent counties to offer up the vaccinations to the general public, he said. Some local volunteer EMTs and paid EMTs have stepped up to go out into these areas to help get people vaccinated. FEMA will give us 2,000 flyers, and we will saturate this area with the information, Garrett said. The Governor will make the announcement on Thursday about where the mobile units will be going, he said.
Schneider said it s important for Henderson County to increase the number of vaccinations among eligible residents.
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