Russell County Health Department increasing COVID-19 vaccinations By James Giles | January 28, 2021 at 9:48 PM EST - Updated January 29 at 6:18 PM
RUSSELL COUNTY, Ala. (WTVM) - The COVID-19 vaccine rollout is ramping up in East Alabama.
The Russell County Health Department began administering the vaccine back in December.
Thursday, a lot of the people who received the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine were back for their second shot. According to the health department, 180 people were scheduled to receive the vaccine. 140 were people receiving the second dose, and the remaining 40 were first timers.
“The first vaccine will give you about 50 percent immunity and then the second one is like a booster and it will give you the rest of the immunity. Up to about 94 or 95 percent,” said Tracy Taylor, nurse supervisor for Russell and Chambers counties.
Lee and Russell County health departments providing COVID-19 vaccine clinics
Lee and Russell County health departments providing COVID-19 vaccine clinics By James Giles | January 26, 2021 at 9:40 PM EST - Updated January 26 at 11:44 PM
(WTVM) - According to the Alabama Department of Health (ADHP), vaccine clinics will be held at the Lee and Russell County health departments.
People currently in the Phase 1A group are healthcare providers, residents of long-term care, people who are 75 years old and older, police officers, and firefighters.
Clinics will be held on Mondays and Thursdays from 8:30 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. at the Russell County Health Department in Phenix City, and Wednesdays and Thursdays from 8:30 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. at the Lee County Health Department in Opelika.
To participate in the vaccine clinic, you must first have an appointment, and you can schedule one by calling the Alabama Department of Health’s (ADHP) COVID-19 Vaccine Hotline.
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The Virginia Department of Health has launched a centralized preregistration system for COVID-19 vaccinations: vaccinate.virginia.gov. This replaces the local surveys that had been used by health districts across the state.
If you have already preregistered with your local health district, your information and place in line should be maintained. You can check on the new site to see if you are in the system.
The state has also launched a hotline, 877-VAX-IN-VA or 877-829-4682, for those who do not have computer access. Callers can speak to someone in English or Spanish, or ask for a call back in 100 languages.Â
GREAT BEND TRIBUNE Barton County Courthouse on cluster list
The Barton County Courthouse was listed as one of the COVID-19 clusters in Kansas when the Kansas Department of Health and Environment published its weekly update on Wednesday. KDHE publishes the names of locations that have five or more cases with symptom onset dates in the last 14 days. The courthouse has had five, with the last onset date being Dec. 14.
The only other area cluster Wednesday was the Ellsworth Correctional Facility, also with five cases in the last 14 days.
To date, Kansas has had 209,689 COVID-19 cases, resulting in 6,424 hospitalizations and 2,507 statewide deaths as of 9 a.m. Wednesday. There were 5,089 new cases, 59 new deaths and 157 new hospitalizations reported since Monday, Dec. 21. Due to the Christmas holiday, case counts will not be updated again until Monday, Dec. 28.