Apr 26, 2021
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) Louisiana has stopped asking the federal government for its full allotment of COVID-19 vaccine. About three-quarters of Kansas counties have turned down new shipments of the vaccine at least once over the past month. And in Mississippi, officials asked the federal government to ship vials in smaller packages so they don’t go to waste.
As the supply of coronavirus vaccine doses in the U.S. outpaces demand, some places around the country are finding there’s such little interest in the shots, they need to turn down shipments.
“It is kind of stalling. Some people just don’t want it,” said Stacey Hileman, a nurse with the health department in rural Kansas’ Decatur County, where less than a third of the county’s 2,900 residents have received at least one vaccine dose.
COVID-19 LIVE UPDATES: 62 Kansas counties turn down vaccine doses as demand wanes
Here are the latest COVID-19 updates in the Kansas City metro area Share Updated: 12:42 PM CDT Apr 26, 2021 KMBC 9 News Staff
Here are the latest COVID-19 updates in the Kansas City metro area Share Updated: 12:42 PM CDT Apr 26, 2021
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Show Transcript I’M ROB HUGHES. IN JUST OVER AN HOUR, THE CITY OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI WILL UPDATE ITS COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS AND GUIDELINES. KMBC 9’S MATT EVANS HAS A LOOK AT WHAT TO EXPECT. MATT: THE CITY’S CURRENT STATE OF EMERGENCY AND CURRENT MASK ORDER ARE SET TO EXPIRE IN JUST A MATTER OF DAYS, ON CITY MAY 1. LEADERS WILL BE ANNOUNCING UPDATED GUIDANCE WHEN IT COMES TO FIGHTING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. ANYONE INSIDE OR OUTSIDE MUST WEAR A MASK, IF THEY ARE UNABLE TO MAINTAIN 6 FEET OF SOCIAL THING. THE OUTDOOR REQUIREMENT COULD BE DROPPED TODAY. RESTAURANTS AND BARS HAVE BEEN OPERATING UNDER NORM
Rate of Americans skipping their second COVID shots has DOUBLED since February with more than 5 million missing them - as the number of people getting a first shot falls by HALF in a week
More than five million people , or nearly eight per cent who received first COVID-19 shot have skipped out on their second dose of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines
A DailyMail.com analysis suggests that at least 2.5 million fewer people got their second doses than should have last week
Meanwhile, the number of people starting their vaccination regimen fell by nearly half last week with 5.9M first doses compared to 10M the week before