Johnson County residents pleased with vaccine clinic changes
Johnson County COVID-19 vaccines
and last updated 2021-01-28 20:17:20-05
SHAWNEE, Kan. â Johnson County made big changes to its Covid-19 vaccine clinic for people aged 80 and over.
Earlier this week,
Officials said part of the problem was people showing up an hour early to their appointment so they worked to let people know to only show up 10 minutes early.
Dr. Sanmi Areola, Director of the Johnson County Department of Health and Environment, said the county welcomed the feedback.
Areola said the county also added staff inside and outside, provided warming buses in case the lines stretched outside, adjusted spacing inside and provided buses to pick up patients and drop them off at the door.
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Warming buses, shuttle buses added to help get residents to the facility Share Updated: 5:45 PM CST Jan 27, 2021
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Show Transcript VERY PLEASED TO THOSE CHANGES HAPPEN SO QUICKLY. VOLUNTEERS ARE GREAT. FOR THE HUNDREDS OF JOHNSON COUNTY RESIDENTS RECEIVING THEIR COVID-19 VACCINE, MANY REPORTING A SMOOTH AND SAFE PROCESS AT THE MID-AMERICA WEST SPORTS CONFERENCE COMPLEX IN SHAWNEE. IT WAS NICE, IT WAS A LOT BETTER THAN I HAD BEEN ON TV. VIEWERS SENT US THESE IMAGES ON TUESDAY SHOWING DOZENS OF ELDERLY RESIDENTS STANDING IN THE COLD, AND CROWDS OF PEOPLE IN CLOSE PROXIMITY INSIDE. THEY’VE GOT IT SET UP PRETTY NICE IN THERE JUST GOING IN CIRCLES, YOU KNOW THEY’RE NOT JAMMING PEOPLE TOGETHER. THE CHANGES COMING SWIFTLY AFTER AN APOLOGY F
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County officials in Kansas apologized after seniors had to wait for hours in freezing temperatures to receive a COVID-19 vaccine.
The county expanded vaccine eligibility to residents ages 80 and above this week. Many of those waiting in line outside the Johnson County Health Department-run vaccine clinic in Shawnee on Tuesday could be seen requiring assistance or the use of a walker.
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Jan. 27 As coronavirus pandemic trends improve dramatically and doses of COVID-19 vaccines continue to trickle in, public health officials are urging Kansans to keep wearing masks and following other guidelines. I think there s a lot of reason for some optimism throughout the state . the numbers statewide are improving rather dramatically, said Dr. Lee Norman, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment secretary, during a Tuesday media briefing hosted by the University of Kansas Health System. We re seeing a significant reduction in the number of new cases.