With this month marking the one-year anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic, officials with the Kentucky River District Health Department said much has changed during this time, and said they are hopeful of what can come.
âIt s been a wild year for sure. It s hard to fathom what all happened,â said KRDHD Public Health Director Scott Lockard.
On March 6 last year, said Lockard, the first case of COVID-19 in Kentucky was confirmed, followed by local mandates and restrictions being pushed in mid-March and the first case being confirmed in Perry County on March 31.
âHere we are now, we ve had â the most recent data we have â we had over 8,000 cases here in our district. Just really so much has happened here in this past time. We ve had over 8,000 cases with 124 deceased individuals,â Lockard said. âOur focus and efforts in public health has really gone from contact tracing and non-pharmaceutical interventions to the pharmaceutical intervention of the v
Healthcare facilities in Hazard and Perry County have continued to distribute COVID-19 vaccinations and encourage the community to sign up for vaccinations. According to the state, the Johnson and Johnson vaccine will also soon be arriving in Kentucky.
On Monday, March 1, Gov. Andy Beshear confirmed that the first Johnson and Johnson vaccine doses will be arriving in the state this week and will be delivered to independent pharmacies.
âThe approval of Johnson and Johnsonâs one-shot, highly effective vaccine adds to the growing weekly supply available to Kentucky that has risen in just over a month from around 57,000 to over 100,000 first doses and growing,â said Beshear.
On March 1, Gov. Andy Beshear announced 18 industries can increase capacity to 60 percent as the state completes its seventh straight week of declining COVID-19 cases.
COVID-19 vaccines rescued by boat amid severe flooding msn.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from msn.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Gov Beshear: Many businesses can now increase capacity to 60 percent hazard-herald.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from hazard-herald.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.