Kansas COVID-19 cases by symptom onset date, statewide. (KDHE graph)
Kansas is seeing a downward trend in COVID-19 cases after a spike during the past few weeks, according to Gov. Laura Kelly.
Gov Kelly reported at a news conference Wednesday that Kansas was one of only three states seeing downward trends in COVID-19 cases, according to Johns Hopkins University data.
Kansas reported 4,539 new COVID-19 cases since Monday, with 100 new deaths, she said. There was a cumulative total of 252,041 cases and 3,355 deaths.
“The past 10 months have been a long and challenging road, but at this time case rates are going down in our state and vaccine distribution is ramping up,” Gov. Kelly said.
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New clinic to help ‘long-haulers’
The University of Kansas Health System is offering a new clinic for long-haulers, those patients who have had COVID-19 symptoms for weeks or months.
The clinic will bring together specialists from different areas to work together with recovering COVID-19 patients, according to Dr. Branden Comfort, internal medicine. Among the specialties that will be represented are pulmonary, cardiology, neurology, psychology, rehab, social work and physical medicine.
Dr. Comfort said there are patients coming in every day who have long-term persistent symptoms of COVID-19. Some of those symptoms might include fatigue, coughs, shortness of breath, joint pains, chest pain, brain fog and others.
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Should those who have allergies get a COVID-19 vaccine?
Doctors at the University of Kansas Health System video news conference discussed allergic reactions to the COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday morning.
According to Dr. Marissa Love, allergy specialist, for the most part, severe allergic reactions to the vaccine are pretty rare. About one in a million people have a severe allergic reaction to it.
Anyone who has a severe allergic reaction to the first dose of the vaccine should be evaluated, ideally by an allergist, before getting the second dose, she said.
COVID-19 patients who have already recovered should still take the vaccine, according to Dr. Love. Some develop a natural immunity after getting COVID-19, she added.