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Dec. 7, 2020Topeka, KS |  By: AP

Kansas puts vaccine priority on grocery, meatpacking workers

Gov. Laura Kelly says Kansas considers meatpacking plant workers and grocery 

store employees essential workers, putting them just behind health care workers 

and nursing home residents for coronavirus vaccines. The Democratic governor 

also Friday that said members of the Republican-controlled Legislature won't get 

any special treatment. Kelly said Kansas' vaccine plan calls for the first shots 

to go to front-line health care workers with a high risk of coronavirus 

exposure, including workers in nursing homes, as well as nursing home residents. 

She said the second phase will focus on vaccinating essential workers, including 

first responders but also grocery store and meatpacking plant workers.