Starting the following Monday, March 22, local health officials will move to a daily vaccine clinic.
That will be hosted in the Fellowship Hall of the First United Methodist Church, 101 E. First Ave., across from the Post Office. The clinic will run from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monday through Friday.
Appointments are required. They can be scheduled online at https://forms.renogov.org/rchd/covid19-registration/, or if computer access is limited, call the Health Department at 620-694-2900 and select option 6.
The county has now moved into Phase 2C of distribution under the state’s guidelines.
If you are a worker providing critical services, and your job requires consistent and close contact with a large number of individuals, then you are a High-Contact Critical Worker and can schedule your appointment at this time.
Reno County moved back into its “Yellow alert status on Tuesday, as Kansas marked a year and a day of the COVID-19 pandemic being declared in the state.
That is the lowest active alert level on the county’s dashboard, indicating a “moderate to low number of cases, with most from a known source of exposure.”
Reno County Health officials, meanwhile, announced they have scheduled three more COVID-19 first-dose mass distribution clinics and three second-dose events over the next three weeks at the Hutchinson Sports Arena.
After that, officials tentatively projected, the county may be able to move into the next category of vaccine recipients under phase 2 of the state’s distribution guidelines, which would be people living in congregate settings and “critical workers in high-contact jobs.”
Reno County schools move to yellow, more are opening
Students in Haven, Hutchinson and Pretty Prairie will attend all classes in-person next week.
Reno Valley Middle School and Nickerson Elementary and High School will meet in-person. South Hutchinson Elementary will be in-person, but like last week, all students will be dismissed at 1:40 p.m.
For Buhler Schools, grades 6 through 12, the students will remain in hybrid learning until March 1.
Currently, there is one student or staff member at both Hutchinson Community College and one public school who has COVID-19. No staff or students at any day care centers that report to the Reno County Health Department have the illness.