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U S sees unprecedented drop in vaccinations over past week
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What is already known about this topic?
COVID-19 vaccines have demonstrated high efficacy in clinical trials. Limited data are available on effectiveness in skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) and against emerging variants.
What is added by this report?
In a COVID-19 outbreak at a Kentucky SNF involving a newly introduced variant to the region, unvaccinated residents and health care personnel (HCP) had 3.0 and 4.1 times the risk of infection as did vaccinated residents and HCP. Vaccine was 86.5% protective against symptomatic illness among residents and 87.1% protective among HCP.
What are the implications for public health practice?
Vaccination of SNF residents and HCP is essential to reduce the risk for symptomatic COVID-19, as is continued focus on infection prevention and control practices.
Henderson County had reported 10 new cases on Monday and 11 on Tuesday.
Overall, the GRDHD reported 30 new cases in its seven-county district on Wednesday with 17 of those in Daviess County. Webster County and McLean County had four new cases apiece with Hancock County and Ohio County each having one. Union County did not report any new cases.
According to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 9,684 Henderson County residents (21%) are fully vaccinated and 1,672,364 unique individuals have been vaccinated in Kentucky as of April 20. For Union County, 2,697 residents (19%) are fully vaccinated and 2,818 (22%) Webster County residents are fully vaccinated.
The CDC considers someone fully vaccinated two weeks after they ve been given a single-dose shot (Johnson & Johnson) or a second shot (either Pfizer or Moderna).