Kansas City COVID-19 Daily Briefing for Dec. 15 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) COVID-19 and last updated 2020-12-15 12:57:29-05 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. Kansas officials discuss vaccine next steps Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly and Dr. Lee Norman, secretary of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, joined a daily briefing on Tuesday with doctors from the University of Kansas Health System to discuss the next steps for vaccine distribution in the state. Norman said that as more shipments of the vaccines arrive, there will be a wider distribution across the state. The first wave will include health care workers and those in nursing homes.