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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...

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment reported an additional 3,241 COVID-19 cases between Wednesday and Friday.  The state's health department also recorded 23 new deaths and 111 new hospitalizations in that same time frame. Overall, the state has seen 266,653 cases and more than 3,590 deaths.  In a call Thursday with legislative leaders and the governor, Wichita community leader Jon Rolph reported that over the past two weeks, there was a drop in the number of hospitalized COVID-19 patients and increase in availability of adult staffed ICU beds. The positivity rate and transfe...

Australia is advancing the start of its coronavirus vaccination program to mid-February, with plans to inoculate 15% of the population by late March.

Australia is advancing the start of its coronavirus vaccination program to mid-February, with plans to inoculate 15% of the population by late March.

Heather Hollingsworth and John Hanna, Associated Press photo by: Shutterstock photo Anderson Hall on the campus of Kansas State University in Manhattan is pictured in this undated stock photo. Story updated at 5:10 p.m. Wednesday MISSION (AP) — Kansas State University has warned that the spring semester could begin online because the coronavirus continues to rage in the surrounding community and statewide. President Richard Myers said in a written statement that the COVID-19 indicators the university monitors to make decisions are “not moving in a positive direction.” “New case rates ...