The Kansan
The first doses of a COVID-19 vaccine arrived in Harvey County this week, with the first doses administered Thursday to medical staff at Newton Medical Center.
Health care workers across the state have started receiving the COVID-19 vaccine, which arrived Monday in Kansas. We were told that 24,000 would be sent to hospitals in the state. That is not going to cover a lot of front-line workers, said Lynnette Redington, director of the Harvey County Health Department. But that is the shipment we are expecting. Hopefully soon we will have more.
Those doses are manufactured by Pfizer, which started shipping vaccines this week. On Monday, nurses and doctors in several states began receiving the vaccine.
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Butler County Times Gazette
The first doses of a COVID-19 vaccine arrived in Butler County this week, with the first doses administered Thursday to medical staff at Susan B. Allen Memorial Hospital.
The medical center received 50 doses, giving them to medical center staff on Dec. 17 and 18. I can t tell you how thrilled we are to finally be able to offer this our frontline workers, said Leonard Hernandez, president and CEO of the hospital. Our staff and medical staff have been working tirelessly and this will be a boost in our ability to provide care for our community as we combat this disease.
A Boone County man was injured early Friday evening in a two-vehicle accident in Missouri. Richard Crain of Omaha, whose age was not listed, was transported to Ascension Via Christi Hospital in Pittsburg, Kansas, with what were described as serious injuries.
According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Crain was traveling on Missouri Route K in Barton County. He was nearly 6 miles northwest of Liberal when his vehicle crossed the center line and struck a pickup truck head-on. Crain was reportedly not wearing a seatbelt.
The truck was driven by 50-year-old Russell Jenkins of Moundville, Missouri. Jenkins was transported to Nevada Regional Medical Center in Nevada, Missouri, with what were described as minor injuries.