KCKPS teachers and staff begin receiving COVID-19 vaccine
and last updated 2021-01-27 23:39:44-05
The Kansas City, Kansas Public School District hopes this week to give 1,000 district employees the COVID-19 vaccine.
The district is working with the Wyandotte County Health Department to get shots into the arms of teachers and staff.
Phase 2 of the Kansas vaccine distribution plan includes essential workers.
K-12 teachers, custodians, drivers and other district staff are part of that group.
âThe goal for me is that we get everyone who wants the vaccine, a vaccine administered to them,â KCKPS Interim Superintendent Dr. Alicia Miguel said.
About half of KCKPS employees indicated in a survey they would be interested in receiving the vaccine, a district spokesperson told 41 Action News.
Residents asked to ‘be patient’ as Phase 2 of vaccine rollout begins
Residents and health care workers are awaiting changes from the rollout of Phase 2 of the governor’s vaccination plan in Kansas, as well as changes made Thursday at the federal level aimed at getting the COVID-19 vaccine to the population faster.
Although everyone 65 and older in Kansas is now eligible to receive the vaccine, along with those who live in congregate settings and high-contact critical workers, there is not enough vaccine currently available to give to those groups.
Gov Laura Kelly said Thursday in a news conference that the state’s three priority groups in Phase 2 were created with input from local and federal partners. The goal was to protect as many Kansans as possible, as quickly as possible, she said. Health departments may decide if any of the three groups should be prioritized in each community, she added.
KCK school board votes to send students in need of support back to in-person learning
KCK school board votes to send students in need of support back to in-person learning
and last updated 2021-01-13 19:25:44-05
KANSAS CITY, Kan. â Some students in the Kansas City, Kansas School District will go back to in-person learning in Feb.
The school board voted 6 to 1 during Tuesday s meeting to allow back certain students at risk of falling behind for a variety of reasons.
Students who meet criteria will go back the week of Feb. 22 four days a week. Those days will be Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.
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A worker inside the walk-in freezer at McKesson’s Olive Branch, Mississippi, distribution center begins packing the first doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine into cooler boxes.
At least a third of the more than 300,000 COVID-19 deaths nationwide have been reported among residents and employees of nursing homes and other long-term care facilities.
Long-term care facilities in Kansas City are preparing to be next in line for COVID-19 vaccinations following the FDA’s emergency authorization of the Moderna vaccine on Friday.
University of Kansas Health System officials said Monday that the distribution of the new vaccine will differ from that of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine because it doesn’t need to be housed in the same ultra-cold storage units.