Challenging, but rewardingâ: Louisville nonprofit looks back on pandemic, medical supply shortage Share Updated: 7:09 PM EDT Jul 29, 2021 Share Updated: 7:09 PM EDT Jul 29, 2021 The year 2020 brought on the first domestic health crisis for the medical organization SOS as the team quickly responded to the nationwide medical supply shortage.President and CEO Denise Sears remember diving into several different roles as COVID-19 restricted the nonprofit from having a packed house of volunteers.âWhen COVID hit, we had to cease all volunteering, Sears said. âIt was the equivalent of losing 30% of our workforce.âStill, the small staff sorted, packed, and donated more than $1 million worth of PPE, ventilators, and other necessities for hospitals, clinics, long-term care facilities, and even the Louisville Metro Health Department. The nonprofitâs international efforts continued, as they always have for the past 30 years since the organizati
COVID-19 spread in Jefferson County at lowest level in almost a year Share Updated: 6:27 PM EDT Jun 1, 2021 Share Updated: 6:27 PM EDT Jun 1, 2021
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Show Transcript IMMUNITY. AFTER ALMOST A YEAR, JEFFERSON COUNTYS I AVERAGING 7.3 CASES RPE 100,000 PEOPLE BRINGING THE COUNTY INTO THE YELLOW WHEN IT COMES TO COMMUNITY SPREAD YELLOW SOUNDS SAFE COMPARED TO THE TRIPLE RED. WE WERE IN BKAC IN JANUARY, BUT IF YOU REMEMBER TO HOW BACK TO HOW NERVOUS WE WERE LAST JULY WHICH IS WHEN WE WERE IN THE YELLOW, IT’S STILL A REALLY HIGH LEVEL OF DISEASE. SHE POSTED JUST DR. SARAH MOYER YSSA ESPECIALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THOSE WHO HAVE STILL NOT BEEN VACCINATED EVERYONE THAT IS HOSPITALIZED RIGHT NOW OR ON OUR DEATH CHART WAS NOT VACCINATED SO VACCINES ARE REALLY GOOD AT PREVENTING HPIOSTALIZATION AND DEATH RIGHT NOW 49% OF THE POPUTILAON REMAINS UNVACCINATED THE MAJORITY ARE UNDER 40. THERE’S AOT L OF PEOPLE THERE THAT COVID-19 CAN FIND A HOST FROM
Metro health officials encouraging youth vaccinations with new COVID-19 cases linked to events Share Updated: 9:30 PM EDT May 11, 2021 Share Updated: 9:30 PM EDT May 11, 2021
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Show Transcript OLDER RIGHT NOW. THAT’S RIGHT. STEFAN U OF L HEALTH IS PARTNERING WITH JCPS FOR THESE VACCINE CLINICS BOTH HERE AT FAIRDALE HIGH SCHOOL. YOU SEE IT’S SET UP HERE BEHIND ME. IT’S A DRIVE-UP CLINIC. THEY ALSO HAVE ONE AT DOSS HIGH SCHOOL NOW WHILE THESE ARE ONLY FOR THOSE 16 AND OLDER HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE ALREADY STARTING THE DIALOGUE AROUND THE NEXT ELIGIBLE GROUP THOSE 12 TO 15 YEAR OLDS. LAST WEEK JEFFERSON COUNTY HAD 666 NEW CASES OF COVID-19 THE MAJORITY OF THOSE CASES WERE AMONG PEOPLE 20 TO 44, BUT RIGHT BEHIND THAT GROUP WAS PEOPLE UNDER THE AGE OF 19 ACCORDING TO CONTACT TRACING DONE MOST CAUGHT THE VIRUS BY ATTENDING EVENTS. ARE EVERYTHING FROM? A PARTY IS SO DERBY LIKE EVENTS HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE NOW ENCOURAGING PARENTS TO CONSIDE
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In advance of the 147th running of the $3 million Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve (Grade 1) on Saturday, Churchill Downs Racetrack is reminding guests of the health and safety protocols in place to host America s greatest race. The Kentucky Derby, first staged in 1875, is the longest continually-held major sporting event in the United States.
Owing to physical distancing protocols and other safety measures in place, Churchill Downs is limiting the number of reserved seats to 40 to 50 percent capacity and up to 60 percent in certain private premium areas that allow social distancing. Additionally, Infield-Only general admission ticket sales are limited to approximately 25 to 30 percent of capacity in the spacious, outdoor 22-acre Infield.