KC-area hospitals see shift in supply, demand for COVID-19 vaccines
Some Kansas City metro hospitals have COVID-19 vaccines available, a difference from the high demand earlier in the year.
and last updated 2021-04-19 19:52:20-04
KANSAS CITY, Mo. â Kansas City-area hospitals are seeing a huge shift in supply and demand for COVID-19 vaccines.
A few months ago, they were a precious commodity. Now, hospital leaders are asking members of the public to please come get one.
As of Monday morning, Charlie Shields, president and CEO of Truman Medical Centers/University Health, said the hospitals had 1,500 available appointments.
Many people, like Kansas City, Missouri, resident Sara Huff, who saw the hospital s call for sign-ups on 41 Action News, were able to make an appointment and receive their first dose just minutes later.
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Apr. 19 Update: Truman Medical Centers/University Health officials announced Monday they have 1,500 vaccine doses available. Story here.
Last week was the first time since the Jackson County Health Department began COVID-19 vaccinations that it did not have enough takers for all of its appointments.
Earlier, the University of Kansas Health System found itself with 8,000 open appointments and put out a call to get them filled.
Operation Safe, a collaborative vaccination effort in the Northland, announced last week that it had exhausted its list of eligible Missouri residents wanting a first dose, leaving the site at Cerner headquarters with more than 2,000 appointments to fill.
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