Kansas City COVID-19 Daily Briefing for Dec. 23
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
COVID-19
and last updated 2020-12-23 11:52:37-05
KANSAS CITY, Mo. â 41 Action News is offering a daily recap of COVID-19 related stories from across Kansas City and the country. Check back every morning for the latest developments.
University of Kansas Health System update
Doctors at the University of Kansas Health System said it will be âcriticalâ to prevent the spread of COVID-19 over the holidays.
KU Health chief medical officer Dr. Steven Stites said the virus is more prevalent in the community now than it was before Thanksgiving, which is cause for concern.
KC area doctors not surprised by new COVID-19 strain
KUMC urges even those vaccinated to keep distance
As vials of the COVID-19 vaccine continue to roll out in the United States, including the Kansas City metro, doctors warn of a new virus strain currently detected in the United Kingdom.
and last updated 2020-12-22 23:21:19-05
KANSAS CITY, Mo. â As vials of the COVID-19 vaccine continue to roll out in the United States, including the Kansas City metro, doctors warn of a new virus strain currently detected in the United Kingdom. Every time you hear about it mutating again, it sends another wave of fear throughout the population,â Steven Stites, of the University of Kansas Medical System, said.
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It s been more than seven months since Overland Park police officer Mike Mosher was shot and killed on duty during a shootout with a hit-and-run suspect. While there s still a small memorial at the spot where he died, something much more permanent could soon be in place.
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A worker inside the walk-in freezer at McKesson’s Olive Branch, Mississippi, distribution center begins packing the first doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine into cooler boxes.
At least a third of the more than 300,000 COVID-19 deaths nationwide have been reported among residents and employees of nursing homes and other long-term care facilities.
Long-term care facilities in Kansas City are preparing to be next in line for COVID-19 vaccinations following the FDA’s emergency authorization of the Moderna vaccine on Friday.
University of Kansas Health System officials said Monday that the distribution of the new vaccine will differ from that of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine because it doesn’t need to be housed in the same ultra-cold storage units.
Gandalf actor Ian McKellen euphoric after receiving COVID-19 vaccine
Henrietta Strickland We know who is in line for the vaccine at the moment, and that is high risk workers in health care settings, high risk first responders and residents and staff of long-term health care facilities , Roberts said. The worker was back to normal within an hour and released.
The UK s medical regulator last week advised that anyone who has a history of significant allergic reactions to medicines, food or vaccines should not receive the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine now in use in the country.
Twitter announced Wednesday that they are expanding existing rules to combat misleading tweets about COVID-19 vaccines and it will prioritize the removal of the most harmful, misleading information about the vaccines, Fox News has learned.