KY residents hesitant to recieve COVID-19 vaccine
Health leaders deal with vaccine hesitancy By Jeremy Ford | April 12, 2021 at 4:29 PM CDT - Updated April 13 at 10:23 AM
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KFVS) - As of Friday, April 5, Kentuckians over the age of 18 can now get the two-shot Moderna or the one-shot Johnson and Johnson vaccine.
Anyone 16 or older is allowed to get the Pfizer vaccine.
Across western Kentucky, some health officials say it seems area residents who are eligible for a vaccination are a little hesitant to take the shot.
“There are still lots of people that are hesitant. Those people we are going to have to try to reach somehow,” said Melissa Ballard.
Ballard Co. Health Dept. seeks volunteers for mass COVID-19 clinic
Ballard Co. Health Dept. seeks volunteers to administer vaccine By Jeremy Ford | January 26, 2021 at 5:06 PM CST - Updated January 26 at 6:43 PM
BALLARD COUNTY, Ky. (KFVS) - Are you looking to help help essential workers in western Kentucky?
The health department in Ballard County is in need of volunteers for the planning of a COVID-19 mass vaccination clinic that could be coming to the area.
She said she wants to be able to provide more COVID-19 vaccines to area residents.
“I’m the only nurse here in the health department. So, obviously, our community needs a mass clinic in which we would need volunteers to help us obtain that.”