Kentucky vaccine recipients must prove state residency, per new guideline The Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services announced Wednesday vaccine recipients in Kentucky will have to prove they re either KY residents or be a KY healthcare worker. (Source: Courtesy: WAVE 3 News) By Nick Picht | February 3, 2021 at 7:27 PM EST - Updated February 4 at 1:22 AM
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - The Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services has tightened the vaccine guidelines across the state.
As of Wednesday, vaccine recipients in Kentucky must be either:
a resident of the Commonwealth of Kentucky able to demonstrate residency consistent with the requirements of
Louisville officials: Phase 1B could last until April
Chief Health Strategist Dr. Sarah Moyer said the county gets about 13,000 vaccines every week to split among sites. Author: Taylor Weiter Updated: 8:07 PM EST January 26, 2021
LOUISVILLE, Ky. If Kentucky continues to receive the same amount of COVID-19 vaccines in the coming months, Chief Health Strategist Dr. Sarah Moyer said the Louisville area may not get to Phase 1C until April or May.
Moyer said there are around 130,000 residents over the age of 70. Additionally, about 10,000 first-responders and 20,000 educators must get the vaccine before moving to the next phase. If we get more vaccines, we promise to get through it faster, Moyer said. I know it s so hard to be patient when you know that we are in the phase that you are supposed to be getting vaccinated.but it s going to take us months to get through all of our 70-year-olds in Jefferson County.
Vaccine shortage delays Henry Ford, Wayne County COVID-19 vaccinations
Detroit-based Henry Ford Health System and the Wayne County Public Health Department are delaying some COVID-19 vaccinations due to a shortage of vaccine.
Both the hospital system and the county said they received fewer doses of vaccine this week than expected. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services didn t immediately respond to an email asking why the doses didn t arrive.
State health officials expected Michigan to get nearly double the doses that had been expected for this week after the federal government informed health officials last week that it would release an additional 60,000 doses of Moderna vaccine to the state. Those doses had been held in reserve for CVS and Walgreens to vaccinate residents of long-term care facilities.
The study involved 14,505 patients who were tested for COVID-19 from March 19 to Aug. 20, 2020, a period that included the spring surge and a partial reopening of the economy during the summer. Seventy percent of those tested self-reported as being Hispanic/Latino and two-thirds were women.
Of the Hispanic/Latino patients, 25.5% were positive, the study found, compared to 15.7% of “Non-Hispanic (NH) Blacks.” Just over 14% of Non-Hispanic “others” were positive, with 6.6% of “NH Whites.”
“This is among the first studies to evaluate changes in rates of SARS-CoV-2 among Hispanic/Latinos over time and during phased reopening, and demonstrates persistently high positivity rates and incidence in this population,” the study authors wrote.
Wayne County switching to Moderna vaccine, impacting 1,400 health care workers
By Jack Nissen
WAYNE CO., Mich. - Wayne County is switching vaccine types and will administer 5,500 doses of the Moderna treatment after its supply of available doses ran dry.
The transition impacts recipients in the Phase 1A and 1B categories who are eligible for the vaccine but have not gotten their first dose.
A Wayne County Public Health Department press release said the state informed them of the unexpected move Friday. We know people are frustrated with the vaccine supply shortages from the state, said Wayne County Chief Health Strategist Dr. Mouhanad Hammami. Our team is prepared to vaccinate more residents and better protect our communities as soon as we get more vaccine.