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Mayor Lucas announces task force to oversee COVID-19 vaccine roll-out February 3, 2021 Mayor Quinton Lucas official photo. // Courtesy City Hall. Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas announced his appointments to Kansas City’s Covid-19 Vaccine Task Force. The task force is intended to ensure the COVID-19 vaccine process is completed in an efficient and equitable manner. Lucas says the appointments to the task force reflect Kansas City’s government partnership with Truman Medical Centers, St. Luke’s Hospital System, Research Medical Center, and federally qualified health centers such as Swope...

Kayla Drake / St. Louis Public Radio An expanding portion of St. Louis and Kansas City are considered “vaccine deserts,” or areas with limited-to-no access to the COVID-19 vaccine, according to analysis by a consulting firm hired by the state. Vaccine deserts are expanding in the state’s biggest cities despite shrinking for the rest of the state as more providers begin administering the vaccine. The findings were shared by Deloitte Consulting Thursday afternoon during a meeting of Missouri’s Advisory Committee on Equitable COVID Vaccine Distribution. Deloitte’s analysis, bas...

Cutting, bribing, stealing: Some people get COVID-19 vaccines before it's their turn Grace Hauck, USA TODAY Bribing doctors. Circulating vaccination appointment codes. Chartering planes and impersonating essential workers. More than a month since the USA began administering COVID-19 vaccines, many people who were not supposed to be first in line have received vaccinations. Anecdotal reports suggest people deliberately leveraged widespread vulnerabilities in the distribution process to acquire vaccine. Others were just in the right place at the right time. "There's dozens and dozens of these s...

Mayor Quinton Lucas announces COVID-19 Vaccine Task Force Mayor Quinton Lucas announces COVID-19 Vaccine Task Force Posted at 4:00 AM, Feb 03, 2021 and last updated 2021-02-04 18:53:14-05 KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas announced Wednesday his appointments to Kansas City's COVID-19 Vaccine Task Force. Those on the Task Force include: Renita Mollman, Chair - Burns & McDonnell, Chief Administration Officer Dr. Rex Archer - Kansas City Health Department, Director of Public Health Dr. Valerie Chow - Truman Medical Centers, Retired Anesthesiologist Kathryn Knotts - Truma...

Here's the kick-off . . .  My appointments to Kansas City’s COVID-19 Vaccine Task Force reflect Kansas City government’s partnership with Truman Medical Centers, St. Luke’s Hospital System, Research Medical Center, our Federally Qualified Health Centers such as Swope Health Services, and has organizational and operational support from Kansas City-based engineering, architecture and construction firm Burns & McDonnell, as we work to vaccinate vulnerable populations as quickly as possible, to make it easier for all Kansas Citians—particularly those without regular internet access—to...