On October 19, 2022, the county health department and Humana announced a free community health fair for the next day. It was Humana’s first community health fair in the area.
Event details
- When: Thursday, October 20, 2022, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
- Where: Humana’s Southridge location, 2550 Mountaineer Boulevard, South Charleston, off Corridor G
- Cost: free and open to the public
What the fair offered
- The health department clinic team gave COVID-19 Omicron boosters and flu shots during the event.
- Visitors could also get health and wellness screenings, diabetes education, and physical and mental health resources.
- At noon, a registered dietitian from Marshall University’s Nutrition Education Program gave a talk on nutrition for people with diabetes.
- At 1 p.m., ACTIVE Southern West Virginia led a chair yoga class.
- Humana gave out snacks and free items.
The Omicron booster in the fall of 2022
The health department began to give the bivalent COVID-19 booster and the flu vaccine on Monday, September 12, 2022. The bivalent booster added protection against the Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 variants. At that time it was authorized for people 12 and older who had finished a primary series, if their last COVID-19 vaccine was at least two months earlier. Flu vaccine was for anyone 6 months or older.
See also Health Alert #204: CDC Recommends Omicron COVID-19 Booster and COVID-19 vaccine booster.
This information is from October 2022. It is kept here as a record and is not current advice. Check current vaccine guidance from the CDC or your doctor.
Sources
- Media advisory from the county health department and Humana on Humana’s inaugural community health fair (October 19, 2022), PDF
- County health department news release on bivalent COVID-19 boosters and flu vaccines available beginning Monday (September 9, 2022), PDF