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St. Elizabeth, HealthPoint and NKY Health starting Phase 1B of COVID-19 vaccinations People age 70 and older can schedule appointments online Copyright 2021 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Matthew Wood and last updated 2021-01-14 19:24:00-05 The Northern Kentucky Health Department, St. Elizabeth Healthcare and HealthPoint Family Care will start administering COVID-19 vaccines Friday to individuals in vaccine Phase 1B, which includes people age 70 or older and K-12 school personnel in the region. People age 70...

“The process is so convoluted, you need to streamline it,” said Bernstein. “She lives by herself, she has no TV, she has no internet. Limited phone access,” said Aida Nunez of Manchester, who struggled all day to help her 85-year-old friend from Hartford sign up. She said her friend has no family to help her. And even someone as tech savvy as her can’t figure it out. “All of these numbers say busy, busy, busy or you go to this website and how can I go to this website and if I don’t know how, Ms. Johnson sure don’t know how.”

Phase 1B - Tier 1 First responders include all federal, state and/or local first responders beyond EMS/EMTs in Phase 1A, including law enforcement, fire services, corrections and certain social service agencies.  Emergency services/management includes federal, state or local government employees in emergency management and public works agencies, including city police departments and fire stations and county sheriffs' offices. Columbia Assistant Fire Chief Brad Fraizer said his department already started getting the vaccine last Friday. He said he's happy first responders are being prioriti...

COLUMBIA - After calls to the Columbia/Boone County Public Health and Human Services (PHHS) about the COVID-19 vaccine became too much to handle, the department made a separate email address to handle the questions. In just six days, that email address has received 10,362 emails. Cole County set up a similar questionnaire and received over 4,000. Many people are asking the same question. "I could say 100%, if not 99%," Ashton Day with the Boone County Health Department said. "It's people excited to get the vaccine." For others, it's people wanting information about the vaccine, but not for th...