The Leavenworth County Well being Division will once more offer the Pfizer vaccine throughout a weekly walk-in COVID-19 vaccination clinic, in keeping with a county spokeswoman.
The clinic will happen from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday on the Well being Division, 500 Eisenhower Street. No appointments are obligatory. Individuals do not need to be residents of Leavenworth County so as to obtain a shot on the clinic.
The Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine has been authorised for people who find themselves 12 and older.
The Well being Division additionally can be providing the Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccines. These two vaccines are authorised for adults.
The Well being Division ran out of the Pfizer vaccine when it was supplied at a clinic final week. County spokeswoman Stephanie Sloop mentioned a restricted provide of the Pfizer vaccine can be out there throughout this week’s clinic.
Dad and mom or authorized guardians might want to signal consent kinds for kids who’re administered the Pfizer vaccine.
The Leavenworth County Well being Division reported Monday that it has administered a complete of 32,025 doses of the Moderna, Johnson & Johnson and Pfizer vaccines.
The Well being Division additionally reported Monday a dozen new COVID-19 instances within the county as a part of a weekly replace.
The 12 new instances have been confirmed in Leavenworth County because the Well being Division’s final replace on Could 17.
The brand new instances are what Well being Division officers seek advice from as group instances.
Whereas a dozen new instances have been reported within the county in the course of the previous week, solely eight instances have been thought of lively Monday. These instances are being monitored by the Well being Division.
There was a complete of 6,864 confirmed instances of the coronavirus in Leavenworth County because the starting of the pandemic.
Fifty-five Leavenworth County residents have died from problems with COVID-19.
A complete of 234 county residents have been hospitalized due to COVID-19 because the starting of the pandemic. However the Well being Division reported that no county resident was within the hospital Monday due to COVID-19.
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