Kansas expects nearly 128K COVID vaccines for younger kids

By JOHN HANNA
Associated Press

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas expects to receive nearly 128,000 doses of a COVID-19 vaccine for children aged 5 through 11 next week, and the state announced Wednesday that all of them will be eligible for shots. Gov. Laura Kelly said Kansas is following recommendations from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on vaccinating children. Kansas has about 276,000 children from 5 through 11, and the doses it expects to receive will be enough for 46% of them to get the first of two shots. Federal health authorities gave the final go-ahead Tuesday for a vaccine made by Pfizer for younger children.