UofL Health closes last drive thru COVID testing, vaccine site in downtown Louisville Share Updated: 5:46 PM EDT Jun 30, 2021 Share Updated: 5:46 PM EDT Jun 30, 2021
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Show Transcript DRIVE-THRU TESTING SITE TO OPEN IN KENTUCKY. AND NOW THE U OF L HEALTH SITE AT BROOK AND LIBERTY IS ONE OF THE LAST TO CLOSE AND WHILE IT MARKS PROGRESS THE TEAM HERE SAYS IT’S BITTERSWEET. VOLUNTEERS AT U OF L HELPS COVID SITE IN DOWNTOWN LOUISVILLE CELEBRATED A JOB. WELL DONE ON TIRHE FINAL DAY WEDNESDAY IN JUST OVER A YEAR THE SITE AT BROOK. LIBERTY HAS ADMINISTERED NEARLY 90,000 COVID-19ES TTS AND CONTRIBUTED TO THE 150,000 VACCINHOE S GIVEN TO THE COMMUNITY I ENVISIONED AND I ACTUALLY PRAYED FOR THIS MOMENT TO COME WHERE WE TGE TOTA SND IN FRONT OF YOU AND TELL YOU THAT. WE WON WE DID IT. WE BEAT COVID-19 HEALTH OFFIALCIS REITERATE THAT THE SCALING BACK IS ONLY TO PROJECT THE CITY FORWA IRDN THE FIGHT AGAINST THE VIRUS WHICH IS STILL PRESENT. IT’S
Cardinal Stadium vaccination site begins offering second doses as turnout remains low Share Updated: 8:31 PM EDT May 3, 2021 Share Updated: 8:31 PM EDT May 3, 2021
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Show Transcript CAPACITY. WLKY’S DREW GARDNER HAS MORE ON WHAT’S BEING DONE TO HELP INCREASE THOSE NUMBERS. DREW: OF THE SECOND DOSES BEGIN GOING INTO ARMS HERE ARE CARDINAL STADIUM, OFFICIALS ARE STILL TRYING TO GET PEOPLE TO COME IN FOR THEIR FIRST SHOT, AND NOW THEY HAVE CALLED IN REINFORCEMENTS. ON PLAYERS FROM THE LOUISVILLE MONDAY, XTREME WERE ON HAND TO WELCOME BACK THOSE GETTING THEIR SECOND DOSE OF THE COVID-19 VACCINE. I JUST FEEL LIKE IT IS VITAL. IF I CAN DO WHAT I CAN TO HELP, WHO WOULD I BE IF I DIDN’T? DREW: TEAM PHYSICIAN JONATHAN NEWSOM HAS MADE GETTING HIS ATHLETES VACCINATED A PRIORITY. HE HOPES PEOPLE WHO SEE THEM GET THE SHOT WILL BE INSPIRED TO DO THE SAME. THEY COULD POTENTIALLY HELP US GET THROUGH SEASONS AND GET PEOPLE IN THE STANDS MORE
Vaccine sites welcoming walk-ins as demand for vaccines slows
Beshear said the goal is to start shifting from the mass vaccination sites to getting vaccines to local doctors offices, grocery stores and health clinics. Author: Dennis Ting Updated: 5:58 PM EDT April 27, 2021
LOUISVILLE, Ky. Vaccine sites throughout Kentucky and Indiana are welcoming people seeking to get their coronavirus vaccines to come without scheduling an appointment.
The UofL Health mass vaccination site in Cardinal Stadium s parking lot is one of many sites around Kentucky that have been allowing walk-up appointments. We didn t want to say no to anybody. Anybody that wants to be vaccinated, we wanted to provide that to them, so we set up our system to where it s best to have an appointment, it makes it easier, but we took walk-ups from the very beginning just because we knew we wanted to provide it to anybody who wanted it, UofL Hospital Associate Chief Medical Office
Cardinal Stadium COVID-19 vaccination site expanding hours this week as thousands of appointments go unfilled
While 4,000 doses per day was the original goal for the mass vaccination site, it s only hit about half that. Author: Tyler Emery Updated: 11:42 PM EDT April 19, 2021
LOUISVILLE, Ky. With 28 lanes available and ready, only three were in use Monday afternoon as the Cardinal Stadium parking lot sat filled with cones, but mostly empty of cars at the city s massCOVID-19 vaccination site. We d love to see up to 4,000 to 5,000 people out here every day getting vaccinated, Associate Chief Medical Officer for UofL Health, Dr. Hugh Shoff, said.
New U of L COVID-19 vaccination super-site opens at Cardinal Stadium Deborah Yetter, Louisville Courier Journal
University of Louisville Health opened the state s largest COVID-19 vaccination center Monday at Cardinal Stadium a massive drive-thru project with 24 lanes of vehicles that will give shots to an expected 4,000 people a day, six days a week. We re really looking forward to being able to give this vaccine to the public, said Dr. Hugh Shoff, associate chief medical officer for U of L Health, standing before dozens of rows of orange traffic cones and a series of oversized white tents.
Located on a vast parking lot south of the football stadium at Floyd Street and Central Avenue, the drive-thru vaccine site will be open for the next six weeks to provide COVID-19 vaccine free to anyone 16 or older. The center will be closed on Sundays.