Kansas top doctor OKs county-jumping for vaccines; Sedgwick Co. lowers eligibility Chance Swaim, The Wichita Eagle
Jan. 22 As Kansas opened COVID-19 vaccines to anyone 65 or older, Sedgwick County announced it is limiting vaccinations to residents over the age of 83 due to a supply shortage that has forced the county to severely limit who gets an early dose of the vaccine.
Sedgwick County officials expect to receive fewer than 2,000 doses next week from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, which gets a limited supply through the federal public-private partnership Operation Warp Speed. With almost 77,000 people in Sedgwick County age 65 or older, the county is vaccinating the oldest residents first.
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Sedgwick County moves into Phase 2 of COVID-19 vaccine plan Posted By: George Lawson January 20, 2021 @ 4:54 pm Coronavirus (Covid-19), Local News, News, Uncategorized
Sedgwick County is now scheduling appointments for Phase 2 of the COVID-19 vaccine plan, with participation restricted to people 90 and older who are not living in long-term care facilities. The vaccine will also be available to health care workers who did not get the vaccine under Phase 1.
The county expects to receive less than 2,000 new doses of the Pfizer vaccine, and that won’t be enough to cover the population of people over 65 who are included in Phase 2. The county will announce at a later time when people 65 to 90 years of age can begin making appointments, as more shipments of the vaccine come in.
Posted By: George Lawson January 19, 2021 @ 11:06 am Coronavirus (Covid-19), Local News, News
The Sedgwick County Health Department is now scheduling appointments for health care workers to get their second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
The county has provided or scheduled 9,900 first-dose vaccines to Healthcare Worker Associate Workers (HCAW) since December 23rd. The county and local hospitals have provided a total of around 18,000 vaccinations to date. That number does not include vaccinations provided through pharmacies to long-term care facilities.
The county said Tuesday that HCAW workers can schedule an appointment for their second dose by going to the county’s web site, https://www.sedgwickcounty.org/covid-19/vaccine-information/schedule-a-covid-19-vaccination/