Wasted, spoiled or expired COVID-19 vaccine doses (Kansas)

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Good afternoon:

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment [KDHE] has reviewed and assessed your Kansas Open Records Act [KORA] request. Your request was for:

(1) any and all data on the number of wasted, spoiled or expired COVID-19 vaccine doses from 12/11/2020 to 01/26/2021, and

(2) any and all data on the total number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered from 12/11/2020 to 01/26/2021.

Please see the attachment fulfilling part 1 of your KORA request. Please note that KDHE has not provided "any and all" data as that is rather broad, rather we have provided all data that is publicly available regarding vaccine loss. KDHE is not providing location related vaccine data pursuant to K.S.A. 45-221(a)(12).

In regards to part 2 of your KORA request, all publicly available data on the total number of COVID-19 vaccine doses is available on our website at: https://www.kansasvaccine.gov/158/Data. The website is updated every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.

Please let me know if you have any questions regarding the attachment or this email. Your request will be considered closed.

Thank you for your interest in Kansas government.

Sincerely,

Katelyn Radloff
Attorney
Office of Legal Services
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
1000 SW Jackson Street, Suite 560
Topeka, Kansas 66612-1371
Phone: 785-296-5334
Fax: 785-559-4272

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