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More people will be eligible for COVID-19 vaccine in Sedgwick County

Posted By: George Lawson February 23, 2021 @ 11:27 am Coronavirus (Covid-19), Local News, News Sedgwick County has received additional doses of the COVID-19 vaccine that have been earmarked for teachers and staff at K-12 schools, under a plan recently announced by Kansas Governor Laura Kelly. Deputy County Manager Tim Kaufman told county commissioners Tuesday that county health officials have been working with school districts and vaccinations could begin as soon as Wednesday.   Kaufman said the plan is to get first d...

Jaime Green / Wichita Eagle It’s called “vaccine surfing” — hanging out around a COVID-19 vaccination center at the end of the day, hoping to get a shot from the leftovers. But it won’t work at Sedgwick County’s vaccination stations, a top county official said Tuesday. While Sedgwick County is committed to not wasting any doses of the precious vaccine, its medical personnel won’t give the jab to just anybody to get rid of spare doses, said Tim Kaufman, deputy county manager. If there are leftover doses at the end of the day, the county dispenses them mainly to public-safety...

Sedgwick County is lining up more staff and volunteers for its COVID-19 vaccination clinics.

Posted By: George Lawson January 28, 2021 @ 3:53 pm Coronavirus (Covid-19), Local News, News Sedgwick County is now providing the COVID-19 vaccine to people 80 years of age and older, and county leaders said Thursday that more shipments of the vaccine will be coming in on a regular basis. The county started phase two of the state’s vaccination plan by focusing on people 90 and older, and then that was changed to 83 and older.   The county’s Local Health Officer, Dr. Garold Minns, said it was decided to focus on ol...