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News release: KCHD, KCEAA to hold drive-up COVID-19 vaccination clinic at Bible Center Church
The health department and the Kanawha County Emergency Ambulance Authority will hold a drive-up COVID-19 vaccination clinic Friday, May 14, 2021 at Bible Center Church, 100 Bible Center Drive in Charleston. The clinic will be from 8 a.m. until 2 p.m. No appointments are necessary. Johnson and Johnso
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News Release: Health Department Announces Plan to Vaccinate 12-15 Year-Olds
May 2021: the county health department planned to vaccinate students ages 12 to 15 in every Kanawha County middle and high school once the FDA approved it.
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News Release: Expanded HIV Testing Opportunities Continue
May 2021: free HIV testing events continued in Kanawha County, with two new state disease intervention specialists working on the local outbreak.
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News release: Special needs COVID-19 vaccine clinic planned
The health department and the Kanawha County Emergency Ambulance Authority is partnering with Community Autism and Education Systems (CARES), Autism Services Center and Bible Center Church to provide a COVID-19 vaccination clinic for those with autism and other development disorders. The clinic is s
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News release: COVID-19 vaccines available during girls, boys state basketball tournaments
Staff from the health department, Kanawha County Emergency Ambulance Authority and the Charleston Fire Department will be on hand to provide COVID-19 vaccines during the upcoming WVSSAC Girls Basketball and Boys Basketball state tournaments at the Charleston Coliseum and Convention Center. Anyone ov
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News release: KCHD, KCEAA to continue vaccination efforts
The health department and the Kanawha County Emergency Ambulance Authority will continue its COVID-19 vaccination efforts by holding small-scale clinics in communities throughout Kanawha County. The health department will hold a COVID-19 vaccination clinic from 5 until 7 p.m. this evening at Elkview
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KCHD, KCEAA to hold COVID-19 vaccine clinic Saturday
The health department and the Kanawha County Emergency Ambulance Authority will hold a community COVID-19 vaccination clinic Saturday, April 17 at the Charleston Coliseum and Convention Center, 200 Civic Center Drive, Charleston. The clinic will be from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. The clinic will be a partn
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News release: Health department employee tests positive for COVID-19
An employee of the health department has tested positive for COVID-19. The employee is isolating. Because the health department has undertaken all steps recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there is little chance of transmission to the public. No other information will be r
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News Release: More Than 100,000 COVID-19 Vaccines Administered in Kanawha
April 10, 2021: Kanawha County passed 100,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses given, with 2,870 more given that day at the Charleston Coliseum.
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News release: Health officer warns of increasing COVID-19 cases in young people
Dr. Sherri Young, health officer and executive director of the health department, on Friday warned residents that COVID-19 cases are increasing in young people throughout the county. According to Kanawha County data from the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources, the age groups with