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More than 969,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered to long-term care workers, teachers, and additional frontline health care workers around the Ohio Valley. But a surprising number of workers in some key sectors are hesitant or are refusing to get a shot, including some rural school staff in Kentucky, nursing facility workers in Ohio, and correctional facility employees in West Virginia.
In western Kentucky, some school districts are finding 50% to nearly 70% of school staff are declining the vaccine, for example, and some Ohio nursing facilities struggle to get more than half of the staff to get a shot.
Hopkins County begins vaccinating school workers
Hopkins County begins vaccinating school workers By Brady Williams | January 15, 2021 at 5:02 PM CST - Updated January 15 at 6:53 PM
MADISONVILLE, Ky. (WFIE) - Hopkins County is one of the first counties in Kentucky to begin Tier 1B of the state’s vaccination rollout. Vaccines were given out to school workers on Friday at the Hopkins County Schools Career and Technology Center.
Denise Beach, the county department of health’s director, said they had 600 vaccines left over after quickly completing Tier 1A.
Because there were only 600, they chose to begin with schools, which Beach said was important to get children back on track with their educations.
In Kentucky, we’re learning the Hopkins County Health Department and school nurses are providing the first round of COVID-19 vaccinations for teachers and staff this week.
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