Kansas nursing home employees missing vaccine targets

 

September 2, 2021



TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — About a third of Kansas nursing homes have fewer than half of their health care workers vaccinated against the coronavirus, according to data released by the state.

Just four of the more than 300 federally-licensed nursing homes are meeting the state's goal for 90% of health care workers vaccinated against COVID-19, the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services and Kansas Department of Health and Environment data shows.

The departments released the data about a week after President Joe Biden announced that his administration will require nursing home staff to be v...



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