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May 28 A possible new lottery in Kansas would have one way to enter: by getting vaccinated against COVID-19. Dr. Lee Norman, the secretary of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, confirmed Thursday that Kansas is considering starting a vaccine lottery. "We will not have a million-dollar-a-week lottery like Ohio," Norman said. "But we are working with the lottery commission to put .
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The news of her brother’s death wasn’t unexpected. But mid-March 2020 would prove to be an extremely unusual time for Margaret, an African American woman in her 70s living in Wichita, and for her family to bury a loved one.
The novel coronavirus was beginning to reach Kansas. Just hours after Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly issued an emergency declaration in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Kansas recorded its first death linked to the disease.
In about a week, Margaret would learn just how close to home the pandemic would hit, when she became Sedgwick County’s first confirmed case of COVID-19. The Journal is withholding her real name at her request to protect her privacy but has verified details of her account through hospital discharge papers and interviews with friends and family members.
Sedgwick County starts vaccinations for ages 12+ kake.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from kake.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Adolescents are now eligible for COVID-19 vaccinations.
The Sedgwick County Health Department on Thursday began offering the Pfizer vaccine to kids over 12 years old.
No appointments are needed at the county’s mass clinic at the former library downtown or at any of the mobile clinic locations. However, parents or legal guardians are required to give permission for kids to get shots.
Sedgwick County Health Director Adrienne Byrne said expanding vaccines to children will help stop the spread of the disease. Even though fewer children have been sick with COVID-19 compared to adults, children can still be infected with COVID-19 and there’s no way to tell in advance whether they might have a very mild case or severe case, Byrne said. The county estimates that there are 45,000 kids in the 12 to 17 age range in Sedgwick County.