How to sign up for the vaccine
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Tennessee has launched a new online COVID-19 vaccine sign-up system as the state transitions away from first-come, first-serve distribution to instead offer vaccines by appointment online across the state.
Anderson County Health Department has been giving vaccines by appointment only, but the way to obtain the appointment is now different than the eventbrite site that was used.
To find out if you are eligible and/or sign up:
• Go to https://www.tn.gov/content/tn/health/cedep/ncov/covid-19-vaccine-information/getting-a-covid-19-vaccine-information.html;
• Find your county on the map to determine the current vaccination phase or type the name of your county in the dark-colored box;
State gets half of expected vaccines
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Tennessee health officials confirmed Wednesday the state is getting about half as much coronavirus vaccine this week as originally expected, leaving many counties already facing vaccine shortages with even fewer doses in the near future.
The state also stopped disclosing which county health agencies currently have a vaccine supply and which have run out.
Tennessee received 47,875 doses of the vaccine from the federal government this week, a health department spokesman said. This supply will be used for first doses and divided between hospitals, nursing homes and county health agencies.
The state health department has not provided a breakdown of how the vaccine supply is divided, but officials said earlier this week doses will be steered to nursing homes, so counties will receive “smaller shipments” than normal.
Health Dept. begins giving vaccines to healthcare, nursing home workers
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CLINTON, Tenn. Workers began giving COVID-19 vaccines to healthcare and assisted living workers Monday at the Anderson County Health Department in Clinton.
“We’re excited about the future and being able to protect as many people as possible,” said Tracey Smith, the Health Department s disease intervention specialist.
Charles Turner, Health Department director, said a total of 115,000 vaccines went out to all 95 health departments in the state.
Smith told The Oak Ridger the department does not have an estimate on how many doses it will recieve. She said the vaccine would be given to all first responders who elect to receive it.
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A 37-year-old woman died in a two-vehicle crash in Clinton on Friday, according to WYSH Radio in Clinton.
The head-on collision was reported Friday evening on North Main Street in front of the Anderson County Health Department building in Clinton.
The crash killed Elizabeth Rau of Clinton and injured the driver of the second vehicle, Stanley Slover of Rocky Top, WYSH reported.
The crash was reported to dispatchers at about 5:15 p.m. Friday. Clinton Police Department investigators determined that Rau had been driving north in a Hyundai Sonata when her vehicle “crossed over the center line into the oncoming lane of travel,” and collided with Slover’s Dodge pickup, WYSH reported.