Following approval by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Kentucky Department for Public Health, the Christian County Health Department is administering an additional COVID-19 booster for certain individuals.
The health department provided the following guidance:
- A second booster dose of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine may be given to people at least 50 years old who had their first booster at least four months ago.
- A second dose of the Pfizer vaccine may be given to people 12 and older who are immunocompromised and who received the first booster at least four months ago.
- A second booster shot of the Moderna vaccine may be given to people 18 and older who are immunocompromised and who had the first booster at least four months ago.
The CDC provides this COVID-19 vaccine guidance for those who are immunocompromised.
The booster shots are available from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Thursdays at the health department, 1700 Canton St. Appointments are not required, the agency said in a Facebook post.
Additional information about the vaccines is available by calling the health department at 270-887-4160.
Jennifer P. Brown is co-founder, publisher and editor of Hoptown Chronicle. You can reach her at editor@hoptownchronicle.org. Brown was a reporter and editor at the Kentucky New Era, where she worked for 30 years. She is a co-chair of the national advisory board to the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues, governing board past president for the Kentucky Historical Society, and co-founder of the Kentucky Open Government Coalition. She serves on the Hopkinsville History Foundation's board.
