Johnson County plans to receive nearly 6,000 additional doses of COVID-19 vaccines this week as it continues efforts to vaccinate more than 25,000 health care providers.
Olathe senior living facility reopens to visitors
Change approved due to lack of COVID-19 cases
As of Monday, loved ones now are allowed to schedule a visit to see family members at an Olathe senior living facility.
and last updated 2021-01-05 20:17:09-05
OLATHE, Kan. â As of Monday, loved ones now are allowed to schedule a visit to see family members at an Olathe senior living facility.
Carl Wilhite visited his mother at Anthology of Olathe on Monday and Tuesday. It s a moment that was months in the making. Good Morning, you look nice today, Carl Wilhite told his mother, Doris, as she walked into the theater room to see her son.
Kansas, Missouri using honor system to stop people from cutting in line for vaccine Jonathan Shorman and Lisa Gutierrez, The Kansas City Star
Dec. 21 Health leaders spent months deciding who would get the COVID-19 vaccine and when.
Doctors, nurses and nursing home residents first. Then first responders, those with underlying health problems, the elderly and the fuzzily defined essential worker. Finally, the general public.
But as the universe of people eligible to get vaccinated expands in the coming weeks, those inclined to jump the line might be able to get shots months before their turn. As the ranks of the vaccinated grows, the temptation to cut is likely to rise, fueled by the promise of protection from the virus and hope of a more normal life.
Health agencies work to ensure communities of color are vaccinated as soon as possible
Health agencies work to ensure communities of color are vaccinated as soon as possible
and last updated 2020-12-17 18:15:35-05
KANSAS CITY, Mo. â Plans for the COVID-19 vaccine rollout beyond health care workers is a work in progress, but 41 Action News talked to health agencies who are keeping communities of color in mind. We have a wide representation by tribal organizations, ethnic and racial minority groups, said Dr. Lee Norman, secretary of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment. Different socioeconomic groups and beyond that, faith leaders, medical bioethicists to look at it with many sets of optics.