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Health care worker vaccine excitement somewhat tempered by ongoing COVID-19 battles Share Updated: 2:30 PM CST Jan 11, 2021 Share Updated: 2:30 PM CST Jan 11, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript HEALTH DEPARTMENT WEBSITE BEFORE YOU GO. IT IS PERHAPS THE BIGGEST WEAPON IN THE FIGHT AGAINST THE CORONAVIRUS. LOCAL HEALTH-CARE WORKERS ARE NOW STARTING TO GET THEIR SECOND AND FINAL DOSE OF THE VACCINE. EXCITEMENT IS CUT SHORT BY THE ONGOING BATTLE AGAINST THE VIRUS. >> FOR MONTHS NOW, THEY HAVE SEEN THE TOLL THIS VIRUS BRINGS EVERY DAY. >> YOU SEE IT ON THEIR FACES EV...

Jan. 11—The Kansas City metropolitan area added more than 600 new COVID-19 cases, bumping the seven-day average over 1,000. The area encompassing Kansas City and Jackson, Clay and Platte counties in Missouri and Johnson and Wyandotte counties in Kansas gained 601 coronavirus cases for a total of 120,631 to date. The seven-day average for daily new cases rose to 1,005. One week ago, the average ...