Harvey County, clinic partner to distribute COVID-19 vaccine
The Kansan
The Harvey County Health Department is expecting a shipment of about 400 doses of a COVID-19 vaccine sometime this week, and with it, a problem.
When word gets out that the vaccine is at the health department, there is a crush of phone calls from those who want to get the shot. The No. 1 goal is to get vaccine into as many arms as quickly as possible, said Harvey County Commissioner Randy Hague. That should be the goal, and I hope everyone in the county will take the vaccine.
There is a new partnership to help the effort. The Harvey County Health Department and Health Ministries announced a partnership Tuesday to streamline the scheduling and giving vaccinations for Harvey County residents 65 years old and older.
COVID-19 Vaccine in limited supply
Deanna Bonn
Times-Gazette
Virginia Ball and her son Randy Ball learned that Kansas entered the second of the COVID-19 Vaccinations Phases.
Virginia is 95 and Randy is 71, which qualifies them to receive the vaccination under the new guidelines. Virginia Ball, a Rosie the Riveter committed to helping fight the pandemic in a public campaign last year. Together we can do it, she said.
She acted quickly to try and get vaccinated when she became eligible. This is a horrible disease,” Virginia Ball said.
But when Virginia Ball logged on to the Butler County Health Department’s website to schedule their appointments, she discovered there are no upcoming appointments available. Not next week, or the week after that, not even within the next couple of months.