Gateway District Health Department
Bath, Elliott, Menifee, Morgan, and Rowan
PO Box 555 - Gudgell Avenue
Owingsville, Kentucky 40360
(606) 674-6396 ~ Fax (606) 674-3071
Quick News and Info
What We Do - Gateway District Health Department is a five-county district health department of Bath, Elliott, Menifee, Morgan, and Rowan Counties. Our mission is to protect people's health and well being. Through our programs and services, we hope to prevent injury and illness, promote good health practices, keep the environment safe and clean, and help you enjoy a long, high quality, and healthy life.
Covid-19 Vaccination Information
To get a Covid test please call your primary care provider.
Please check this page often for the latest announcements and information about the Covid-19 vaccine and signing up to be vaccinated for Covid-19.
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If you are a resident of Bath County and want to get vaccinated for Covid-19 at the Bath County Health Department please call 606-674-2731 .
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If you are a resident of Elliott County and want to get vaccinated for Covid-19 at the Elliott County Health Department please call 606-738-5205. Discount Drug Mart also offers vaccinations.
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If you are a resident of Menifee County and want to be vaccinated for Covid-19 at the Menifee County Health Department, please call 768-2151 . Frenchburg Pharmacy also offers vaccinations.
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If you are a resident of Rowan County and want to be placed on a waiting list to get vaccinated for Covid-19 please call 606-784-8954 . Additional locations include St. Claire, Walgreens, Kroger, Total Care Pharmacy, and Wal-Mart
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If you are a resident of Morgan County and want to get vaccinated for Covid-19 at the Morgan County Health Department please call 606-743-3744. Morgan County ARH also offers vaccinations.
Latest Information and Recommendations
January 14, 2022 Update: If you test positive for Covid-19.
Due to the recent surge in positive COVID-19 cases the health department MAY no longer be able to reach everyone who has tested positive. Please follow the following CDC guidelines listed below if you have tested positive:
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Isolate yourself in your home and away from all others immediately. Even if you do not have symptoms, you still need to isolate because you remain contagious to others.
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Notify anyone you have been in close contact with. Close contact is defined as being within 6 feet or less for more than 15 minutes. Please contact all individuals going back 2 days before you started having symptoms.
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If you need an excuse (work, school, etc) please contact your local health department for further assistance.
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Beginning next week (November 1, 2021) Gateway Health Departments in Bath, Elliott, Menifee, Morgan and Rowan counties will be offering boost doses of the COVID 19 vaccine to qualified persons.
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Last week (October 21, 2021) the CDC recommended a booster shot of the Moderna and Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine in certain populations. As of today we are waiting on guidance regarding dosage and other medical information pertaining to the vaccine. Until we receive those protocols, and they should be provided to us soon, we will not be able to schedule appointments for the booster shots. As soon as we are ready we will announce it on this page and on our webpage. This is a normal part of the process for any vaccine. Thank you for your patience and check this page or our webpage for updates on when we will begin scheduling booster shot appointments.
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COVID-19 vaccines me be administered without regard to timing of other vaccines. This includes getting a COVID-19 vaccine and other vaccines on the same day.