The next shipment of COVID-19 vaccine is expected to arrive in Hamilton County in time for residents who’ve gotten their initial vaccination to receive their second dose sometime next week, officials said Wednesday.
The county has yet to receive more vaccine supplies and hasn’t conducted any vaccination days in a week. Becky Barnes, Hamilton County Health Department administrator, said during a news conference Wednesday more will be shipped this week and local vaccination efforts will restart next week.
A location and time for the next round has not been announced.
“We will continue to administer these doses as new vaccine shipment arrives and we will share that information with the community when we have more doses,” Barnes said.
Hamilton County’s first responders and frontline health care workers who received the earliest rounds of vaccines may already be getting reminder emails or text messages from the health department that the time for their second dose is approaching, Barnes said.