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Sept. 2, 2021Topeka, Kan. |  By: AP

Kansas nursing home employees missing vaccine targets

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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Data from the state of Kansas shows that about a third of nursing homes have fewer than half of their health care workers vaccinated against the coronavirus. 

The data shows that just four of the more than 300 federally-licensed nursing homes in the state are meeting the goal of 90% of health care workers vaccinated against COVID-19.

The state released the data after President Joe Biden announced that his administration will require nursing home staff to be vaccinated as a condition for those facilities to continue receiving federal Medicare and Medicaid funding.

State data shows that about 46% of Kansans were fully vaccinated as of Wednesday.