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REQUIREMENTS
Face Coverings Mandate
Price-Gouging Prohibited
Executive Order on Dispensing of Pharmaceuticals
Executive Order on Utility Relief
Current restrictions and guidelines for businesses are available on the state's Healthy at Work website.
GUIDANCE
KYCOVID19.KY.GOV
This
website is Kentucky's central resource for all COVID-19 information and guidance. The COVID-19 Hotline – (800) 722-5725 – is a service operated by the health care professionals at the KY Poison Control Center who can provide advice and answer questions. For general inquiries, please send an email to
KyCovid19@ky.gov.
KyCovid19.ky.gov also includes weekly White House Coronavirus Task Force reports for Kentucky.
Click the following links for information on:
daily incidence rate (red zone) maps;
COVID-19 daily reports;
COVID-19 testing;
Healthy at Work guidance;
Healthy at School guidance; the Department for Public Health's
travel advisory;
contact tracing; guidance for
health care providers, labs and facilities;
telehealth;
KYSafer (reporting non-compliance);
face coverings; and
reporting price-gouging.
RED ZONE RECOMMENDATIONS
See red zone counties
here. See red zone county recommendations
here. See school guidance based on color-coded zone
here.
TESTING
The Governor said Kentuckians can find more than 350 testing locations here.
To register for surge testing in Louisville (Kentucky Exposition Center) or Lexington (Keeneland Racecourse), visit DoINeedACOVID19Test.com. Both locations are open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
ASSISTANCE
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE
Go to
KCC.ky.gov for more information and to file a claim. You can also call 1-502-875-0442 (File a Claim) or 1-877-369-5984 (Request a Payment). See other UI contact information (email and phone numbers)
here.
KYNECT
Website available in: Arabic (عربى); Bosnian (Bosanski); Chinese (中文); English (English); French (Français); Russian (русский); Somali (Somali); Spanish (Español); Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt)
Visit
kynect.ky.gov to apply for health insurance; benefit programs covering food assistance (SNAP), child care assistance, financial aid for children and caregivers (KTAP) and more; and to learn more about local help with food, transportation, housing, employment, finances, physical and mental health.
VACCINE UPDATE
Kentuckians should visit
KYCOVID19.ky.gov to view the latest information available on the vaccine, including:
FULL COVID-19 RESPONSE FROM GOV. ANDY BESHEAR
To see previous COVID-19 actions from Gov. Beshear, which began when he
declared a state of emergency on March 6, 2020,
click here.