STATE NEWS

Watch for KDHE Letter for POC Test Distribution
KDHE has amassed a large inventory of COVID-19 POC tests that they plan to distribute to adult care homes later this month. Please watch for a message from KDADS over KOTA with more distribution details. KDHE estimates that they will be able to provide 35 tests per licensed bed, which can be used however needed (residents, staff, visitors).

VACCINE NEWS

Kansas COVID-19 Vaccination Overview as of 5/4/2022   

• 4,355,956 Total Doses Reported as Administered      
  – First Dose: 1,965,782
  – Second Dose: 1,597,523
  – Third Dose: 792,652
• 5,705,910 Total Doses Distributed      
  – State Distributed: 3,094,000
• 62.7% of Kansans Vaccinated with One Dose    
• 54.7% of Kansas Completed COVID-19 Vaccine Series

Source: https://www.kansasvaccine.gov/158/Data  

LEADINGAGE KANSAS NEWS

Join Us This Friday for our Town Hall Meeting with LeadingAge National
Get the latest on COVID, CMS, the Legislature and more each Friday at 10 AM. If you haven’t registered for future calls, you can do so here. 

If you would like to listen to updates you have missed, visit this page.

LEADINGAGE NATIONAL NEWS

LeadingAge Coronavirus Update Call for Wednesday, May 4th at 2:30 PM ET
We will welcome Brendan Jackson from the CDC’s COVID-19 response team. He will talk about the CDC’s guidance on various aspects of COVID and help members on the call sort through the most essential pieces. He’ll refer to what’s new and what might change and take LeadingAge members questions.  

If you haven’t registered for LeadingAge Update Calls, you can do so here. You can also find previous call recordings here. Note that to access recordings of the calls you need a LeadingAge password. Any staff member of any LeadingAge member organization can set up a password to access previous calls and other “members only” content.

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