Lawrence’s hospital will begin administering 1,300 vaccines Tuesday to residents 65 and older.
Monday night, the county contacted 1,300 randomly selected residents via the county’s alert system. These individuals had indicated interest in receiving the vaccine through the county’s vaccine interest survey. The selected residents received instructions about how to sign up online or by phone for one of the appointments.
Amy Northrop, spokesperson for LMH Health, said the county did not contact more than 1,300 residents. As the Journal-World has reported, previous Phase 2 vaccination sign-ups felt competitive to some residents, because the sign-ups went out to more residents then there were doses available.
Douglas County approves plan to distribute Phase 2 vaccinations
Residents asked to complete the vaccine interest form online Share Updated: 9:26 PM CST Jan 26, 2021 KMBC 9 News Staff
Residents asked to complete the vaccine interest form online Share Updated: 9:26 PM CST Jan 26, 2021
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Show Transcript AND IT’S COMING PROBABLY SOONER THAN YOU THINK. BRIAN: BRIAN JOHNSON, KMBC 9 NEWS. LARA: NEW TONIGHT, DOUGLAS COUNTY OFFICIALS PLAN TO ADMINISTER UP TO 3,000 SHOTS PER WEEK IN PHASE TWO. THAT INCLUDES PEOPLE 65 AND OLDER, THOSE WHO LIVE AND WORK IN CONGREGATE SETTINGS, AND ESSENTIAL WORKERS. DOSES WILL BE DISTRIBUTED EQUALLY AMONG THE GROUPS. RESIDENTS ARE ASKED TO
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Jan. 20 COVID-19 update from the health department
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According to a new vaccine dashboard, 111,905 Kansans had been vaccinated against COVID-19 as of Wednesday.
Gov. Laura Kelly announced the dashboard, which can be accessed online at kansasvaccine.gov/158/Data, on Wednesday. It will be updated Monday, Wednesday and Friday by 12:30 p.m.
On Wednesday, Kansas had distributed 202,225 doses, and of those doses, 129,349 had been administered. Of those 129,349 administered doses, 111,632 were first doses and 17,712 were second doses, according to the dashboard. The dashboard notes that the number of people vaccinated may differ from total number of first doses administered “if records are complete for second doses but not first.” According to the dashboard, 3.8% of Kansans have been vaccinated thus far.