COVID-19 vaccinations: Questions answered by Kansas City metro health officials
Many people have questions on the vaccine roll out or where to sign up. 41 Action News spoke to health officials from the Kansas City metro to answer some of those questions.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. â Navigating through all the vaccine phases and the latest COVID-19 information can be a lot to take in.
Many people have questions on the vaccine roll out or where to sign up.
41 Action News spoke to health officials from the Kansas City metro to answer some of those questions.
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Doctors have a reminder for people receiving the COVID-19 vaccine: it can take up to six weeks after receiving the injection to build immunity.
and last updated 2021-01-12 13:25:55-05
KANSAS CITY, Mo. â As health departments, hospitals and pharmacies ramp up distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine around the Kansas City area, doctors have a reminder for people receiving the vaccine: it can take up to six weeks after receiving the injection to build immunity.
The Wyandotte and Johnson county health departments have reported a small number of vaccine recipients testing positive for COVID-19 within days of receiving the vaccine.
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KANSAS CITY, MO (KCTV) Health officials are outlining what the next stage in the Coronavirus vaccine rollout could look like.
As of Thursday afternoon, Kansas had initiated vaccines for 35 thousand people, roughly one percent of the state’s population. Missouri had vaccinated 105 thousand, roughly 1.8 percent of the state’s population. The CDC’s Covid-19 Vaccine Tracker listed the nationwide total at 5.9 million.
Dr. Lee Norman, the Director of the Kansas Dept. of Health, said what the state needs most at this point is more doses to distribute.
“We haven’t gotten the total amount of vaccine the feds have promised us,” Norman said. “But we’ve pushed out what we’ve gotten essentially immediately. It’s been going in people’s arms and that’s what the goal is.”