(LEX 18) — During his Thursday press conference, Gov. Andy Beshear announced four new regional COVID-19 vaccination sites in the state of Kentucky. The four sites will be located in Bowling Green, Covington, Glasgow and Murray.
Public health Commissioner Dr. Steven Stack also said district and county health departments will receive more doses based on population served.
“This is part of our continued commitment to make sure you don’t have to drive more than one county away to get your vaccine,” said Gov. Beshear in a press release. “We’re not fully there yet, but if you look through the progression of where we were a week ago compared to where we are now, you see how this is coming together.”
Information about the new vaccination sites are listed below.
Northern Kentucky Convention Center (Kroger Health site)
Address: 1 W. Rivercenter Blvd., Covington, KY 41011
Will be open 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. local time on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Rolling, seven-day appointments are now live. Visit Kroger.com/covidvaccine or call 866-211-5320 to sign-up.
Greenwood Mall, former Sears location (Kroger Health site)
Address: Scottsville Road, Bowling Green, KY 42104
Will be open 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. local time on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Rolling, seven-day appointments are now live. Visit Kroger.com/covidvaccine or call 866-211-5320 to sign-up.
Murray State University CFSB Center
Address: 1401 State Route 121 North, Murray, KY 42701
Will be open Feb. 10, 8 a.m. – 12 p.m. and Feb. 17, 8 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Kentuckians in this region can visit callowayhealth.org or call 270-753-3381 to sign up for appointments.
TJ Regional Health, T.J. Health Pavilion
Address: 301 North L Rogers Blvd., Glasgow KY 42141
Dates and hours are still being determined.
Kentuckians in this region will be able to sign up at tjregionalhealth.org or by calling 270-659-1010.
Dr. Stack said that a federal program will also make about 13,000-13,500 vaccine doses available to some Walgreens and independent pharmacies to reach local communities.
The governor's goal is for all Kentuckians to be, at most, one county away from a vaccine site.
"We're not fully there yet but we're going to continue to work on it," Gov. Beshear said.
Gov. Beshear noted that more than 400,000 Kentuckians have now received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, but Dr. Stack said once federal programs are considered, that number is likely more than 450,000 Kentuckians.
"I'm confident that as I'm talking to you right now, we've vaccinated more than 10 percent of the total citizenry here," he said.
Click here to view Kentucky's vaccination map.
