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12:27News StoryGov. Laura Kelly tours a vaccine clinic March 15 in Topeka. The governor says the state is at a crossroads as the Delta variant causes a surge in COVID-19 cases. (Sherman Smith/Kansas Reflector)TOPEKA — Gov. Laura Kelly announced Friday the state will make COVID-19 vaccines available to all adults starting next week.The accelerated rollout comes just days after the state opened up vaccines to critical workers and individuals with health conditions that make them vulnerable to the virus. This policy shift reflects an expected increase in vaccine production and an effort to avoid letting any doses go to waste.“We must get every dose of vaccine into arms quickly,” Kelly said. “I strongly encourage every Kansan to get the COVID-19 vaccine so we can get back to school, back to work, and back to normal.”About 35% of Kansas adults already have received at least one shot of a COVID-19 vaccine through early phases of the state’s rollout plan.The state first made Pfizer and Moderna vaccines available to health care workers and nursing home residents in December. In January, eligibility expanded to include residents older than 65 and some critical workers. With the arrival of Johnson and Johnson’s single-shot vaccine, the planned third and fourth phases of the rollout were combined into a single phase that began on Monday.Starting March 29, any Kansan over the age of 16 can receive a vaccine. The state’s can help connect residents with their nearest provider.Kansas will become the eighth state to make vaccines available to all adults, joining Alaska, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Utah and West Virginia.The Kansas Department of Health and Environment on Friday reported 10 new deaths from COVID-19, bringing the pandemic’s statewide total to 4,891. More than 300,000 Kansans have tested positive for the virus.Xby Sherman Smith, March 26, 2021by Sherman Smith, March 26, 2021TOPEKA — Gov. Laura Kelly announced Friday the state will make COVID-19 vaccines available to all adults starting next week.The accelerated rollout comes just days after the state opened up vaccines to critical workers and individuals with health conditions that make them vulnerable to the virus. This policy shift reflects an expected increase in vaccine production and an effort to avoid letting any doses go to waste.“We must get every dose of vaccine into arms quickly,” Kelly said. “I strongly encourage every Kansan to get the COVID-19 vaccine so we can get back to school, back to work, and back to normal.”About 35% of Kansas adults already have received at least one shot of a COVID-19 vaccine through early phases of the state’s rollout plan.The state first made Pfizer and Moderna vaccines available to health care workers and nursing home residents in December. In January, eligibility expanded to include residents older than 65 and some critical workers. With the arrival of Johnson and Johnson’s single-shot vaccine, the planned third and fourth phases of the rollout were combined into a single phase that began on Monday.Starting March 29, any Kansan over the age of 16 can receive a vaccine. The state’s can help connect residents with their nearest provider.Kansas will become the eighth state to make vaccines available to all adults, joining Alaska, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Utah and West Virginia.The Kansas Department of Health and Environment on Friday reported 10 new deaths from COVID-19, bringing the pandemic’s statewide total to 4,891. More than 300,000 Kansans have tested positive for the virus.is part of States Newsroom, a network of news bureaus supported by grants and a coalition of donors as a 501c(3) public charity. Kansas Reflector maintains editorial independence. Contact Editor Sherman Smith for questions: . Follow Kansas Reflector on and .Copy to clipboard1RepublishOur stories may be republished online or in print under Creative Commons license CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. We ask that you edit only for style or to shorten, provide proper attribution and link to our web site. Please see our republishing guidelines for use of photos and graphics.

12:27News StoryGov. Laura Kelly tours a vaccine clinic March 15 in Topeka. The governor says the state is at a crossroads as the Delta variant causes a surge in COVID-19 cases. (Sherman Smith/Kansas Reflector)TOPEKA — Gov. Laura Kelly announced Friday the state will make COVID-19 vaccines available to all adults starting next week.The accelerated rollout comes just days after the state opened up vaccines to critical workers and individuals with health conditions that make them vulnerable to the virus. This policy shift reflects an expected increase in vaccine production and an effort to...

Kansas makes COVID-19 vaccines available to all adults starting next week - Kansas Reflector

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