The Leavenworth County Health Department is changing the location of its COVID-19 vaccination clinics.
Health Department officials initially offered vaccination clinics at their offices at 500 Eisenhower Road. But since February, the clinics have taken place at the Riverfront Community Center in downtown Leavenworth.
Leavenworth County Health Officer Jamie Miller said the clinics will move back to the Health Department next week.
Miller spoke Wednesday to county commissioners.
Miller said around 100 people came to last week’s clinic for their first doses of COVID-19 vaccines. He said most of the vaccine shots being administered by the Health Department are now for people receiving their second doses.
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The Leavenworth County Health Department will have a walk-in COVID-19 vaccine clinic from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday at the Riverfront Community Center, 123 S. Esplanade St.
The clinic will be open to anyone who qualifies for a COVID-19 vaccine in Phase 1 or 2 of the state’s vaccination plan. This includes anyone who has a vaccination appointment scheduled for Thursday with the Leavenworth County Health Department.
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During a visit to the Department of Veterans Affairs hospital in Leavenworth, U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall said Friday he wanted to highlight the importance of veterans getting vaccinated for COVID-19.
Marshall, a Republican from Kansas, said the Eisenhower VA Medical Center is doing a great job of administering the COVD-19 vaccines it receives.
Rudy Klopfer, director and CEO of the VA Eastern Kansas Health Care System, said the system has administered more than 17,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines.
And about 8,000 veterans have been fully vaccinated through the VA Eastern Kansas Health Care System, according to Joseph Burks, public affairs officer for the system.
Health Department hosts walk-in clinic
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While most of Leavenworth County Health Department’s COVID-19 vaccine clinics have been by appointment, the department organized a walk-in clinic Thursday.
The clinic was open to Leavenworth County residents who are 65 and older.
Kansas is in phase 2 of a state vaccine distribution plan. And people who are 65 and older are eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine during this phase.
Leavenworth County Health Officer Jamie Miller said the Health Department had about 900 extra doses this week after the arrival of a vaccine shipment that previously was delayed during extremely cold weather.
Health Department officials have requested people interested in receiving the vaccine fill out an online form. Information submitted through this form has been used to set up appointments.