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Kansas hospitals getting ready for arrival of second COVID-19 vaccine

Kansas hospitals getting ready for arrival of second COVID-19 vaccine

Kansas hospitals getting ready for arrival of second COVID-19 vaccine

Kansas hospitals are getting ready to receive their first shipments of the COVID-19 vaccine from Moderna.    The state is expecting to receive 49,000 doses.

The Robert J. Dole VA Medical Center in Wichita plans to follow the phased vaccination plan developed by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, in consultation with the Centers for Disease Control.   The vaccine will be offered first to frontline health care personnel employed by the VA, and it will also go to veterans residing in VA long-term care facilities.

The VA will contact every veteran to make an appointment at the appropriate time.

Dole VA Medical Center director Candace Ifabiyi said this will look different from any immunizations the Center has done in recent times.   She said everyone will be vaccinated as quickly as possible, but it will be a complex process with a lot of factors involved.

Health care workers and long-term care facilities across Kansas have been administering the first vaccine from Pfizer, and the state was expecting more doses of that vaccine this week.


By the Associated Press:

Officials at the University of Kansas Health System say the state will need far more doses of coronavirus vaccines than it’s set to receive in the coming days to start giving shots to all residents 75 or older.

State officials expect Kansas’ 49,000 doses of a vaccine made by Moderna set to arrive this week to go to local health departments and community health care centers, so that they can vaccinate health care workers.

A state health department spokeswoman said a second shipment of a vaccine made by Pfizer will be used for shots for nursing home workers and residents.

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