Kentucky is less than 780,000 injections away from the state’s vaccine goal and there is a push to vaccinate more.
Southern Campbell County Fire Department is hoping to vaccinate 1,000 Kentucky residents on Saturday, May 8 from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. The clinic is open to any Kentucky resident that is 18 years of age or older.
Anyone interested can sign up at https://www.signupgenius.com/go/805094baca92ea7fd0-covid1944.
The Johnson & Johnson shot will be administered at Southern Campbell County.
Usage of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine had been paused when a rare blood clot showed up in 15 vaccine recipients. The 15 developed a highly unusual kind of blood clot out of the nearly eight million people given the J&J shot. All were women.
The Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention gave the okay to continue with J&J vaccine based on how critical to fight the pandemic it is.
As of Sunday, Kentucky’s postivity rate was 3.18 percent based on a seven-day rolling average of tests performed versus positive cases. The postivity rate has now declined Locally, Three Rivers Health District had cancelled four clinics they were planning because of the pause on J&J.
According to Christina Perkins of Three Rivers, they have rescheduled a vaccine clinic at Southern Elementary on Saturday, May 15 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
They will be administering the J&J vaccine.
“If someone is already registered and provided an email address, they will receive a confirmation email with new appointment details. If they are not registered, they can do so at this link: https://app.acuityscheduling.com/schedule.php?owner=19486499&calendarID=5322797,” said Perkins.
Total PharmCare has stopped administering any vaccines.
The Moderna and Pfizer vaccine are not available at this time in Pendleton County. Both require the two shots.
