Booster Shots of the Pfizer-BioNTech Vaccine Now Being Given at Baptist Health Corbin

Booster shots of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine now being given at Baptist Health Corbin.

The booster is for:

• Those who received the two-dose Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, with the second dose administered at least 6 months ago.
• Those eligible for this booster shot are individuals:
  • 65 years of age and older
  • 18 through 64 years of age AND
    • At high risk of severe COVID-19 due to underlying medical conditions such as diabetes, heart, kidney or lung disease or a BMI greater than 25
    • Whose frequent institutional or occupational exposure puts them at high risk of serious complications of COVID-19. Examples include healthcare and education.

Baptist Health Corbin and and Baptist Health Louisville are currently offering vaccination clinics. Those two hospitals are administering the initial two-shot series to unvaccinated (or partially vaccinated) individuals, a third shot to people with weakened immune systems and now the booster shot to those who had their second Pfizer dose at least 6 months ago and who meet the updated criteria:

• 65 years of age and older
• 18 through 64 years of age AND
  • At high risk of severe COVID-19 due to underlying medical conditions such as diabetes, heart, kidney or lung disease or a BMI greater than 25.
  • Whose frequent institutional or occupational exposure puts them at high risk of serious complications of COVID-19. Examples include healthcare and education.

The FDA has already approved a third shot for those with compromised immune systems that likely failed to respond fully to the vaccines or not at all due to their underlying health conditions.

To be vaccinated, receive a third shot or a booster, go to ScheduleYourVaccine.com to register and make an appointment at these locations.

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About Baptist Health Corbin

Baptist Health Corbin is a 273-bed, acute care facility providing a wide variety of healthcare services to the residents of Whitley, Knox, Laurel, Bell, Clay, McCreary, Harlan and Campbell counties in Kentucky and nearby Jellico, Tennessee.

Part of nine-hospital Louisville, Kentucky-based Baptist Health, Baptist Health Corbin offers 24 points of care in a full continuum, from inpatient care and outpatient diagnostics to rehabilitation services, behavioral health and home care. Services include heart care, orthopedics, pain management, wound care, pain management, cancer care, diabetic treatments, and a full range of women’s services, including obstetrics and breast care.

Baptist Health has a network of healthcare providers for patients in the southeast Kentucky area, including Baptist Health Medical Group physician offices, Baptist Health Urgent Care, and occupational medicine and physical therapy clinics. The hospital is also designated Pathway to Excellence® for excellence in nursing services by the American Nursing Credentialing Center.

Learn more at BaptistHealth.com/Corbin.