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Oct. 22, 2020Kansas City, Mo. |  By: AP

Missouri submits draft plan for issuing coronavirus vaccine


KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Missouri plans to make health care workers the first to receive a coronavirus vaccine when it becomes available.

A draft plan submitted by the state to federal authorities says the vaccine will then be given to high-risk residents, such as the elderly and chronically sick, along with first responders and law enforcement personnel.

Missouri's 111-page plan details how health officials will distribute a vaccine to millions of residents. Some health care workers say they are already concerned that vaccine distribution will become another partisan political issue, which could cause delays in the effort.