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The phase includes anyone 60 and older, anyone age 16 or older with the highest-risk conditions per guidance from the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, and all essential workers.

Testing will be done by appointment at the health department on Canton Street.

Coronavirus safety measures, including masks and social distancing, will be required.

Jamie Dailey and Darrin Vincent, with their band, will perform on March 26.

The health department, which operates a regional vaccine distribution site at the James E. Bruce Convention Center, is not yet accepting appointment requests for individuals who fall within other categories of Phase 1C.

While detailed totals weren't available, estimates suggest at least 30% of Christian County residents 70 and older have not yet received the COVID-19 vaccine.

Education is the focus of the Modernette Civic Club's public service mission, so it made sense for the members to get out the word that the COVID-19 vaccine is safe and necessary.

It's the first time in four months that the hospital's stress level due to the pandemic had been considered "low."

The health department is seeking people ages 70 and older and anyone employed as child care workers to get the vaccine as part of phase 1b.

The Thomas Street Recreation Center and the Planters Bank-Jennie Stuart Health Sportsplex are among those that reopened Friday.

Hazardous driving conditions prompted several agencies to close or reschedule activities.

Childcare workers are now among those eligible to receive the vaccine.