Governor: All adults eligible for boosters

Gov. Laura Kelly announced the expansion of eligibility for COVID-19 booster shots.

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November 18, 2021 - 9:43 AM

Lee Norman, secretary of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, and Gov. Laura Kelly said Friday the state would adopt federal guidelines for booster shots of COVID-19 vaccines. Photo by (March 15, 2021, photo by Sherman Smith/Kansas Reflector)

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — All Kansas adults who had been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 are now eligible for booster shots. 

Gov. Laura Kelly announced the expansion of eligibility Wednesday, two days before an influential U.S. advisory panel on vaccines is set to consider expanded eligibility nationwide. At least five other states and New York City already have made all adults eligible for boosters.

Kansas had been following U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines that recommended booster shots for people 65 and older and adults 50 to 64 with…

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