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Coronavirus clusters at these 36 Kansas nursing homes fill most of KDHE outbreak list Jason Tidd, The Wichita Eagle
Jan. 13 Kansas public health officials on Wednesday reported another drop in the number of active COVID-19 outbreaks across the state.
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment s weekly cluster update showed 341 active outbreaks, which was down by 32 since last week. Fewer nursing home clusters accounted for most of the decrease.
Clusters are generally defined as two or more cases of COVID-19 with a common place and time, but the state health agency only names locations with five or more cases within the current two-week period. Home-based daycares and private events are excluded due to privacy concerns.
Nursing home residents and staff at top of COVID-19 vaccine priority list
With the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine starting to roll out on Monday, nursing home staff and some residents can expect to start getting the vaccine as soon as Dec. 28.
Nursing home staff and residents are at the top of the list to get vaccines, along with front-line health care workers, according to doctors at a news conference Monday morning at the University of Kansas Health System, Kansas City, Kansas.
The federal government created partnerships with pharmacies to give the vaccines, and CVS and Walgreens will provide vaccines to most of the nursing homes in the nation, said Dr. Jessica Kalender-Rich, a physician in the geriatrics field at KU Health System, and a member of the national Coronavirus Commission for Safety and Quality in Nursing Homes.