Media Release
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The Kanawha-Charelston Health Department Places Initial Order of COVID-19 Vaccines for Young Children
The health department announced that they have placed their first order of Pfizer and Moderna vaccines formulated for children under five. “We are in the process of training additional staff to give the shots so that we are ready to begin serving the public as soon as the vaccines arrive,” said Dr.
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COVID-19 VACCINE Booster available to all 18 or older
The health department is happy to announce Moderna and Pfizer, If you are 18 or older and 6 months after your second vaccine dose, a booster is recommended and for Johnson & Johnson, If you are 18 or older and 2 months after your vaccine, a booster is recommended. The Health Department is open Monda
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First COVID-19 Vaccinations for 5 to 11 Year Olds
November 2021: the county health department gave its first Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines to children ages 5 to 11, one day after the CDC recommendation.
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Seventy-Five Percent of Kanawha Countians Partially Vaccinated
October 25, 2021: at least 75% of Kanawha County residents age 12 and up had at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose, the highest rate in the state.
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Community Partners Plan Flu Vaccination Clinics at Kanawha County High Schools
September 2021: local partners planned free flu and COVID-19 vaccine clinics at Kanawha County high schools for October 16, called Arms Across Kanawha.
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News Release: Health Officer Urges Residents to Get Vaccinated
Summer 2021: as COVID-19 cases rose again in Kanawha County, the county health officer urged everyone eligible to get vaccinated.
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News Release: Health Department Alerts Public of Rise in COVID-19 Cases
July 2021: active COVID-19 cases in Kanawha County doubled in a week after a 12-month low, with recent cases mostly in unvaccinated people.
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KCHD announces “Walk-in Wednesdays” for childhood immunizations
On Wednesdays in July, parents may bring their children to the health department for childhood/back-to-school immunizations without an appointment. The clinic will be open for childhood immunizations from 8 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. on Wednesdays July 7, July 14, July 21 and July 28. A parent or guardian
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KCHD, partners to offer second doses of COVID-19 vaccine at Kanawha County schools
The health department and community partners will hold clinics at Kanawha County schools this week to offer second doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for students ages 12 and up. Teams from KCHD, Kanawha County Emergency Ambulance Authority, Charleston Fire Department, Charleston Area Medical Cent
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News release: Kanawha pediatricians encourage parents to vaccinate 12-15 year-olds
Click here to read the full letter Pediatricians from Kanawha County on Tuesday urged the parents of adolescents to get them vaccinated against COVID-19. Twenty-one pediatricians from Kanawha County have signed on to a letter from Dr. Arthur Rubin, president of the board of health. “We… highly recom