KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The general public in Kansas City, Missouri, will continue to wait to get the COVID-19 vaccine.
Dr. Rex Archer, of the Kansas City Department of Health, said that when they project how many people are still in phase 1-A, 1-B and levels 1 and 2, the city will not reach level 3, which is resident of Missouri while.
“If they don’t fall into those categories, before they reach the general public, I would be surprised if it was before May or even June,” said Dr. Rex Archer, director of KCMO’s Department of Health. “The message people need to hear is that Germany, New Zealand, Australia and South Korea controlled this outbreak and pandemic before there was a vaccine. So you can protect yourself if you do all the things we suggest, such as masking and even double masking. “
This raises the question of why there is a delay in vaccinations.
“There are some challenges in getting it and so on. This cold weather has hurt a bit in terms of delivery. We have sites canceling their clinics this week because they didn’t get the doses,” he said. Dr. Archer. . “We haven’t gotten our vaccine yet and we may have to cancel some of our clinics next week. Right now we’re seeing it very closely.”
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