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Vaccinations set during Doniphan Co Fair

By Brian Hagen

07/27/2021

(KAIR)--Coronavirus vaccinations will be provided as part of the Doniphan County Fair this week.

According to a release from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, the Vaccine and Testing Event will take place Thursday, on the Doniphan County Fairgrounds, in Troy, located at 100 North Border Street. The testing, and vaccinations, will be provided from 3 until 7:30.

According to KDHE, such events are being held statewide due to the emergence of the Delta variant, which, the release says “poses a dangerous risk to communities across Kansas.”

According to the Centers for Disease Control, the Delta variant is twice as infectious as the B. 117 variant which was previously the dominant strain. The new variant appears to be spreading most quickly in communities that have the lowest vaccination rates.

According to the release, “over the last few weeks, nearly all patients who died of COVID-19 were unvaccinated.” The release calls the vaccination events, such as the one planned Thursday at the Doniphan County Fairgrounds, “part of a sustained effort to mobilize Kansans to get vaccinated and/or tested to stop the spread of COVID-19 in order to protect themselves and loved ones.”

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