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Christian County Public School officials heard and approved the staff COVID-19 vaccine distribution and the latest school re-entry plans during their Thursday evening meeting.
Assistant Superintendent of Administration Laura Morris told board members the COVID-19 vaccine would be available to educators in the third phase of the state’s roll-out plan.
Morris added it’s strongly recommended for staff to take the vaccine. The district will partner with the Christian County Health Department for proper distribution. The vaccine will be free and paid for with federal funding. Staff must sign up for the vaccine by December 31 but can take their name off the list if they decide they don’t want it.
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Dec 16, 2020 5:13 PM
Christian County saw another high day for new COVID-19 cases, with 71 newly reported from Tuesday to Wednesday.
That’s according to the Christian County Health Department, which reports the number of total cases is at 3,675 of that, a record 719 are considered active and 2,904 people have recovered from the virus. Christian County has had 52 COVID-19 related deaths.
Since the pandemic began locally, The Christian County Health Department has tested roughly 18,000 and Jennie Stuart Health has conducted 12,024 for a combined total of over 30,000 tests.
Christian County is still waiting to hear when we will receive the first shipment of vaccines, but plans are being developed to help get those distributed to those in high-risk categories as soon as possible, including long term care facility residents, first responders, healthcare workers and others.
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Thursday represented Kentucky’s deadliest day during the COVID-19 pandemic with the state reporting 54 deaths linked to the coronavirus, which is 17 more than the previous high day.
In the first 17 days of December, Kentucky has lost 407 people with a confirmed case of COVID-19. That’s 16 fewer than all of November and nearly as many as all fatalities reported in March, April, and May combined. It’s worth noting there is a delay in the numbers reported from the counties to the state because the state has a verification process that must be complete before the death is counted by the state. The Christian County Health Department reported the county’s 47th death on December 2nd although that one and five others have not been added to the state’s COVID-19 reporting.