Health departments in Missouri, Kansas prepare to escalate vaccine distribution
KANSAS CITY, MO (KCTV) Health officials are outlining what the next stage in the Coronavirus vaccine rollout could look like.
As of Thursday afternoon, Kansas had initiated vaccines for 35 thousand people, roughly one percent of the state’s population. Missouri had vaccinated 105 thousand, roughly 1.8 percent of the state’s population. The CDC’s Covid-19 Vaccine Tracker listed the nationwide total at 5.9 million.
Dr. Lee Norman, the Director of the Kansas Dept. of Health, said what the state needs most at this point is more doses to distribute.
“We haven’t gotten the total amount of vaccine the feds have promised us,” Norman said. “But we’ve pushed out what we’ve gotten essentially immediately. It’s been going in people’s arms and that’s what the goal is.”