The first COVID-19 vaccinations administered Thursday morning at Mercy Health – Lourdes

Paducah physician Dr. Bradley Albertson receives the first vaccination in western Kentucky Thursday morning.

The first COVID-19 vaccination in western Kentucky occurred just before 7 a.m. this morning at Mercy Health – Lourdes Hospital in Paducah. The first recipient of the vaccine was Dr. Bradley Albertson, a physician double certified in internal medicine and pediatrics who provides care at Mercy Health – Marshall Family Medicine, Internal Medicine and Pediatrics in Benton.
Oncologist/Hematologist Dr. Wederson Marcos Claudino was one of the first to receive the COVID-19 vaccination in western Kentucky.
Kylie Koenigsmark, a vascular surgery nurse practitioner, was one of the first recipients of the vaccine this morning at Mercy Health – Lourdes in Paducah.