COVID-19 Press Releases
09/14/2023: New COVID-19 Vaccines Arriving for Fall/Winter Virus Season
05/11/2023: New COVID-19 Vaccine Guidelines Recommend Second Dose for 65+
12/22/2022: Updated COVID-19 Vaccinations Approved for Infants & Toddlers
11/02/2022: Sedgwick County Health Department Offering Updated COVID-19 Vaccine for Ages 5 and Up
10/13/2022: New COVID-19 Boosters Arriving Soon for Children 5–11
09/16/2022: Mobile Vaccine Clinic on Saturday to Offer New COVID-19 Booster
09/13/2022: New COVID-19 Boosters Arrive in Sedgwick County
09/01/2022: COVID-19 Boosters for Ages 12+ on Hold
08/22/2022: Sedgwick County COVID-19 Update – August 22, 2022
08/09/2022: Sedgwick County COVID-19 Risk Level Remains High
07/15/2022: Walk-ins Available at COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic for Children Under Five
06/21/2022: COVID-19 Vaccinations Approved for Infants & Toddlers
06/17/2022: CEDBR Report: Safe Operating Grants Saved Jobs, Businesses During Pandemic
05/20/2022: CDC/KDHE Endorse Booster Shot for Kids Ages 5-11
04/28/2022: Health Department Ends Mass COVID-19 Testing and Vaccination, Focuses on Uninsured
03/30/2022: Health Department Offers Second Booster for Ages 50 and Older, Immunocompromised People and J&J Recipients
03/29/2022: COVID-19 Vaccine Incentives Offered at “Spring Festival of Friendship”
03/25/2022: County Continues Mobile COVID-19 Vaccine Clinics; Will Close Community Vaccine and Testing Sites in April
02/16/2022: COVID-19 Testing Site & Vaccine Clinic Closed Monday, Feb. 21 on Presidents Day
02/11/2022: Sedgwick County COVID-19 Update – February 11, 2022
02/10/2022: COVID-19 Vaccine Incentives Offered at Friday’s “Festival of Friendship” Event
02/09/2022: SCHD Changing Schedule at E. Harry COVID-19 Testing Location; Closing Drive-Thru Saliva Testing Site
02/09/2022: Sedgwick County COVID-19 Update – February 9, 2022
02/04/2022: Mobile Vaccination Clinics Continue Through February
02/01/2022: County to Reduce Community Vaccine Clinic Hours and Continue to Offer Mobile Vaccine Clinics
01/21/2022: Sedgwick County Expands COVID-19 Testing for the Community: New Testing Site and Sunday Hours
01/13/2022: COVID-19 Testing Site & Vaccine Clinic Closed Monday, January 17 on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
01/06/2022: CDC/KDHE Expand Pfizer Booster Availability; Authorize Third Shots for Kids 5-11
12/30/2021: Sedgwick County Health Department Adopts KDHE’s Updated Quarantine Guidance
12/15/2021: COVID-19 Testing Site & Vaccine Clinic: Modified Schedule for the December Holidays
12/13/2021: COVID-19 Vaccine Incentive Clinic Coming to Cheney Dec. 19
12/10/2021: Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine Boosters Now Available for People 16 Years and Older
12/01/2021: Walk-In Vaccine starts Dec.1 at Community Vaccine Clinic, 223 S. Main
11/17/2021: Booster Shots Available to all Fully Vaccinated Adults
11/09/2021: Sedgwick County Health Department COVID-19 Testing Site & Vaccine Clinic throughout November
11/01/2021: Sedgwick County COVID-19 Update – November 1, 2021
10/22/2021: Johnson & Johnson, Moderna COVID-19 Booster Vaccines to be offered by Sedgwick County Health Department
09/27/2021: Pfizer COVID-19 Booster Vaccines Offered by Sedgwick County Health Department Beginning Wednesday, Sept. 29
09/22/2021: County to Relocate COVID-19 Testing Clinic to 4115 E. Harry St. starting Oct. 4
09/14/2021: Become a Volunteer Ambassador to Build COVID-19 Knowledge in your Community
09/02/2021: Labor Day COVID-19 Testing Site
08/20/2021: Minns Proposes Mask Order & Special Board of County Commissioners Meeting
08/20/2021: Sedgwick County Commissioners vote to receive and file Public Health Order No. 2021-5
08/13/2021: County Expands COVID-19 Sampling/Testing Hours
08/06/2021: Local Health Officer Makes COVID-19 Health Recommendations
08/04/2021: No-Cost Vaccine Vouchers for Pets Offered at COVID-19 Clinic on August 14
07/28/2021: Special Event No-Cost Back-to-School Vaccination Clinic on August 7, 2021
07/26/2021: BACK-TO-SCHOOL VACCINATIONS
06/28/2021: County to Reduce Community Vaccine Clinic Days of Operation, No Longer Scheduling Appointments
06/09/2021: COVID-19 Drive-Thru Vaccination Clinic to Close June 24
06/03/2021: COVID-19 Sampling/Testing Site Closed Friday, June 4
06/01/2021: Covid-19 Vaccines will be available at Riverfest
05/13/2021: Appointments Now Open for People Aged 12 to 15 Years and Older at Sedgwick County Vaccine Clinics
05/07/2021: County Expands COVID-19 Sampling/Testing Hours
05/06/2021: County Cancels Manager’s Weekly Briefing
05/06/2021: Mobile and Partner Vaccine Clinics Coming to a Neighborhood Near You
05/05/2021: County to Reduce Community Vaccine Clinic Hours
04/30/2021: CARES Act Grants Provide Relief to Seventy-Five Public Health and Social Services Entities
04/26/2021: Sedgwick County Health Department to resume administering Johnson & Johnson Vaccine
04/13/2021: County Pauses Johnson & Johnson Vaccine Dispensing
04/13/2021: Trusted Community Leaders Talk COVID-19 Vaccine
04/12/2021: Tuesday Planning Exercise Trains First Responders, Public Safety
04/07/2021: Health Department Holding Mobile and Partner Vaccine Clinics
04/02/2021: Sedgwick County Continues to Strongly Recommend Masks and Social Distancing
03/26/2021: Chairman to Provide Statement Following Governor Kelly’s Announcement
03/26/2021: Appointments Now Open for People Aged 16 and Older
03/25/2021: Masks Still Required in Public Spaces per Governor’s Executive Order
03/24/2021: Local Health Order Revoked, Masks and Social Distancing Strongly Recommended
03/22/2021: Updates to County COVID-19 Operations
03/22/2021: County Reacts to the Kansas Board of Emergency Medical Services Order
03/18/2021: County Now Scheduling COVID-19 Vaccine Appointments for Phases 3 & 4
03/15/2021: New Local Health Order Opens Community, Keeps Masks and Social Distancing
03/12/2021: Special Commission Meeting Set for Tuesday
03/11/2021: All Phase 2 Categories Now Able to Schedule Appointments
03/10/2021: Second Vaccine Clinic Opens Thursday
03/09/2021: Critical Workers in Phase 2A Can Now Schedule Vaccine Appointment
03/08/2021: Commissioners Tour Vaccine Clinic with Senator Moran, Media Briefing Updates
03/05/2021: Black Nurses Association Makes Mobile Clinics a Reality
03/04/2021: Commissioners Walk through Vaccine Clinic, Director Byrne to Provide Partner Update
02/26/2021: County Now Scheduling Vaccine Appointments for Residents Aged 65 and Older
02/26/2021: Minns Issues New Local Health Order
02/25/2021: Upcoming Open Meetings for Friday and Monday
02/24/2021: County Media Briefings Move to Zoom
02/22/2021: Sedgwick County Begins Media Briefings
02/18/2021: County Relocates Vaccine Clinic to 223 S. Main
02/17/2021: Commissioners Tour COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic with Congressman Estes
02/17/2021: Commissioners Tour COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic with Congressman Estes
02/17/2021: COVID-19 Vaccine Updates to be held via Press Conference
02/15/2021: Second Case of UK Variant Identified in Kansas
02/12/2021: Major Changes Related to County’s COVID-19 Response
02/12/2021: Minns Announces Revised Quarantine Guidance for K-12 Schools
02/11/2021: Press Conference about COVID-19 Guidelines on Friday
02/08/2021: Special Meeting Review for Monday, February 8, 2021
02/08/2021: Corrected: County Now Taking Appointments for Residents Aged 75 and Older
02/04/2021: Corrected: County’s COVID-19 Clinics Continue through Next Week
02/04/2021: County’s COVID-19 Clinics Continue through Next Week
02/03/2021: Commissioners Further Ease Local Health Order Restrictions
02/02/2021: Restrictions Eased with New Local Health Order
01/28/2021: County Now Taking COVID-19 Vaccine Phase 2 Appointments for Residents Aged 80 and Older
01/27/2021: County Providing COVID-19 Vaccine Update on Thursday
01/24/2021: Appointments for Aged 83 and Older Being Rescheduled
01/22/2021: COVID-19 Vaccine Phase 2 Appointments Booked at This Time
01/21/2021: Sedgwick County Expands COVID-19 Vaccine Phase 2 to People Aged 83 and Older
01/20/2021: Sedgwick County Enters COVID-19 Vaccine Phase 2
01/19/2021: Second-Dose Vaccination Clinic Scheduled for Sedgwick County Health Care Workers
01/15/2021: County Closes Out Safe Operating Grant Program, Providing Nearly $6,300,000 to Entities
01/15/2021: Sedgwick County Phase II Vaccination Plan
01/14/2021: Sedgwick County Health Department Successfully Administers First-Round of COVID-19 Vaccines
01/06/2021: Local Health Order Continues Previous Efforts
01/06/2021: Track COVID-19 Vaccine Data in Sedgwick County
12/28/2020: Media Alert: Preview a Vaccination Clinic for Health Care Associated Workers
12/28/2020: Vaccination Clinic Scheduled for Sedgwick County Health Care Workers Not Previously Vaccinated
12/21/2020: County Transitions to Walk-In Testing at Extension Center
12/09/2020: Commissioners Amend Local Health Order
12/08/2020: Local Health Order Clarifies Youth Sports Provisions
12/07/2020: Modifications to Sedgwick County COVID-19 Quarantine and Disease Investigation
12/07/2020: Sedgwick County COVID-19 Update – December 7, 2020
11/24/2020: New Local Health Order Limits Gatherings to 25, Additional Changes
11/24/2020: COVID-19 Public Safety Enforcement In Place
11/20/2020: County COVID-19 Drive-through Sampling Site Open on Saturday, November 28
11/20/2020: COVID-19 Public Safety Enforcement Details Coming Next Week
11/17/2020: Take a New Look at COVID-19 Data
11/17/2020: County Seeking Community Interest of COVID-19 Vaccine
11/13/2020: Corrected: Five More COVID-19 Clusters Identified in Adult Care Homes
11/13/2020: Three More COVID-19 Clusters Identified in Adult Care Homes
11/13/2020: Additional Changes to Latest Minns Order
11/12/2020: Five More COVID-19 Clusters Identified in Adult Care Homes
11/10/2020: Commissioners Vote to Enforce Latest Minns Order
11/10/2020: Commissioners to Consider Latest Minns Order
11/06/2020: New Number to Schedule COVID-19 Tests through Sedgwick County Health Department
11/06/2020: Four More COVID-19 Clusters Identified in Adult Care Homes
11/02/2020: County Resumes Asymptomatic COVID-19 Testing
10/30/2020: Two more COVID-19 Clusters Identified at Reflection Living Adult Care Homes
10/23/2020: Three More COVID-19 Clusters Identified in Adult Care Homes
10/21/2020: Revised Minns Order Exempts Kindergarteners from Masks
10/20/2020: CARES Funding Opportunities Remain for Area Non-Profits
10/16/2020: New Minns Order Allows Bars to Open until 1 a.m.
10/13/2020: Asymptomatic COVID-19 Testing Offered Saturday, Oct. 17
10/13/2020: Commissioner Jim Howell Tests Positive for COVID-19
10/09/2020: Two more COVID-19 Clusters Identified in Adult Care Homes
10/01/2020: Residents Urged to Be Safe During Fall Celebrations
10/01/2020: COVID-19 Cluster at Ultra Care Home Plus
09/28/2020: COVID-19 Cluster at Paradigm Services Residence
09/25/2020: County Reopens CARES Funding Applications for Businesses, PPE Kits Now Available
09/18/2020: Expanded Hours Continue at Drive-Through Site, Mobile Testing in Wichita and Derby
09/18/2020: Two New COVID-19 Clusters in Sedgwick County
09/17/2020: Minns Signs Order to Extend Bar/ Night Club Curfew
09/14/2020: Public Health Order Not Voluntary
09/14/2020: Revised: Public Health Order Not Voluntary
09/10/2020: Update: COVID-19 Expanded Drive-through Hours, Pilot Saliva Testing, New Mobile Locations
09/09/2020: Update: Four New COVID-19 Adult Care Home Clusters in Sedgwick County
09/04/2020: COVID-19 Sedgwick County Testing Opportunities for Week of September 6
09/04/2020: Don’t Delay – Schedule Back-to-School Vaccinations Soon
09/03/2020: Latest Order Changes Face Mask Definition
09/03/2020: COVID-19 Cluster at Ultra Care Home Plus
09/01/2020: Four New COVID-19 Clusters in Sedgwick County
08/28/2020: Health Department Offers COVID-19 Testing to People Working with Students in-person in Classrooms
08/28/2020: Back-to-School Vaccination Clinics
08/21/2020: COVID-19 Sedgwick County Testing Opportunities For Week of August 23
08/18/2020: COVID-19 Data Dashboard Changing
08/18/2020: New Order Allows for Limited Restaurant and Bar Operation
08/14/2020: COVID-19 Mobile Testing Opportunities in Derby, Haysville, and Clearwater
08/13/2020: Commission Votes to Move Forward with Saliva Testing for COVID-19
08/12/2020: Wichita Center Reports COVID-19 Cluster
08/06/2020: COVID-19 Cluster at Legacy on College Hill
08/06/2020: Upcoming Sedgwick County COVID-19 Mobile Testing Opportunities in August
08/03/2020: Sedgwick County Breaks Ground on New Fire Station
07/31/2020: Upcoming Sedgwick County COVID-19 Mobile Testing Opportunities in August
07/30/2020: New COVID-19 Clusters in Adult Care Homes
07/28/2020: COVID-19 Cluster Reported at Avita Assisted Living and Memory Care
07/27/2020: Revised: Upcoming Sedgwick County COVID-19 Mobile Testing Opportunities
07/27/2020: Special Commission Meeting Wednesday
07/24/2020: Special Meeting this Afternoon
07/24/2020: Commission Affirms Local Health Order, Enacts Curfew on Certain Businesses
07/23/2020: Upcoming Sedgwick County COVID-19 Mobile Testing Opportunities
07/22/2020: New Order Limits Public Gatherings to 15 People
07/22/2020: Commission Amends Minns’ Order
07/21/2020: COVID-19 Cluster Reported at Kansas Masonic Home
07/20/2020: Application Open to Request CARES Funding
07/17/2020: Long-term Care Facility COVID-19 Test Results
07/15/2020: County’s 2021 Recommended Budget Focuses on COVID-19 Pandemic
07/14/2020: Sedgwick County Traffic Court Resumes Operation with Outdoor Docket
07/10/2020: Mobile Testing in Valley Center on Monday
07/10/2020: UPDATE: Mobile Testing in Valley Center on Monday
07/09/2020: Minns Signs Revised Order
07/08/2020: Media Alert: Weekly COVID-19 briefing to be live-streamed
07/08/2020: Minns Signs Emergency Public Health Order
07/06/2020: Fourth of July Non-Emergency Line Results
07/02/2020: Special Commission Meeting to be held this Afternoon
07/02/2020: UPDATE: Special Commission Meeting to be held this Afternoon
07/02/2020: Sedgwick County Commissioners Take Vote on Governor’s Latest Executive Order
07/01/2020: New COVID-19 Clusters in Long-Term Care Facilities
07/01/2020: Special Staff Meeting Scheduled for Thursday
06/30/2020: Mobile Testing in Goddard Tomorrow
06/30/2020: New Daily Sick Reporting Form for Businesses
06/30/2020: Businesses can now Request PPE from Sedgwick County
06/30/2020: Reminder to Safely Discharge Fireworks
06/29/2020: Updated Times: Mobile Testing in Colwich and Goddard
06/28/2020: Mobile Testing in Colwich and Goddard
06/26/2020: COVID-19 Cluster Confirmed at New Life Home Plus, LLC
06/26/2020: Asymptomatic Testing Briefly Suspended
06/26/2020: County Recommendations for Events
06/25/2020: Call Volume Surges as Residents Seek Asymptomatic Testing
06/24/2020: Commissioners to be Tested for COVID-19 Today
06/22/2020: Answer the Call for the NP Swab Study Continuing through this Week
06/20/2020: Mobile Testing in Valley Center, Clearwater Next Week
06/19/2020: Information Submissions for CARES Funding Due Today
06/15/2020: Mobile Testing scheduled for Mulvane Thursday, Additional Sites Next Week
06/10/2020: Mobile Testing Sites for Sedgwick County Residents
06/10/2020: COVID-19 Cluster Identified at Diversicare of Haysville
06/08/2020: Reminder: NP Swab Study to Examine Spread of Disease
06/05/2020: Sedgwick County Seeks Community’s Needs with Funding Opportunity
06/05/2020: Minns Recommends Remaining in Phase 2
06/04/2020: Commission Approves Additions to EMS Fleet
06/04/2020: Revised: County Opens Testing to All Residents
06/04/2020: Public Agenda Process Updated for Commission Meetings
06/03/2020: NP Swab Study to Examine Spread of Disease
05/27/2020: Sedgwick County recommends following Ad Astra Plan, increase gatherings of up to 20 people
05/26/2020: Special Meeting set for Wednesday, May 27
05/23/2020: COVID-19 Clusters Closing in Sedgwick County
05/22/2020: Reminder: Health Department Offers Testing on Saturday
05/20/2020: County Facilities to Reopen to the Public
05/18/2020: Health Department Offers Testing on Saturday
05/18/2020: Reopening Announcement from 18th Judicial District Chief Judge Goering - May 18, 2020
05/18/2020: Sedgwick County COVID-19 Daily Update – May 18, 2020
05/13/2020: Commission Approves a Local Health and Recovery Plan
05/13/2020: Commissioners may attend Virtual Meeting with the Council of Elders
05/08/2020: Clearwater Cluster Update – May 8, 2020
05/07/2020: Older Adults can have Different COVID-19 Symptoms
05/04/2020: Media Alert: Public Comments During Regular BOCC Meeting to be Accepted via Online Form or Email
05/04/2020: COVID-19 Cluster Confirmed at The Manor Nursing Home
04/30/2020: Special Meeting set for Friday, May 1
04/30/2020: Clearwater Cluster Update – April 30, 2020
04/29/2020: COVID-19 Cluster Confirmed at Chisholm Place
04/29/2020: Statement from County Treasurer Linda Kizzire regarding Treasurer’s Office Operation
04/29/2020: Ill or Injured Residents Urged to Seek Treatment
04/27/2020: Media Alert: Public Comments During Regular BOCC Meeting to be Accepted via Online Form or Email
04/27/2020: Tuesday’s Special Meeting is Cancelled
04/27/2020: Two New Clusters Announced in Sedgwick County
04/26/2020: Special Meeting Scheduled for Tuesday
04/24/2020: UPDATED * Media Alert: Special BOCC Virtual Meeting Set for Friday
04/24/2020: New COVID-19 Cluster reported in Sedgwick County, Potential Public Exposure
04/23/2020: Sedgwick County Providing COVID-19 Media Video Briefings
04/23/2020: Clearwater Cluster Update – April 23, 2020
04/23/2020: Media Alert: Special BOCC Virtual Meeting Set for Friday
04/21/2020: Media Alert: Public Comments during Regular BOCC Meeting to be accepted via Online Form or Email
04/20/2020: Clearwater Cluster Update – April 20, 2020
04/19/2020: Clearwater Cluster Update – April 19, 2020
04/17/2020: Health Clinics in Sedgwick County Offering Respiratory Clinics and Adaptive Services in Response to COVID-19
04/17/2020: New Online Resources Available to Track COVID-19 Data
04/15/2020: County Increases COVID-19 Testing Capacity
04/14/2020: COVID-19 Clusters Identified in Sedgwick County
04/14/2020: COVID-19 Cluster Confirmed in Clearwater Facility
04/13/2020: Media Alert: Public Comments during Regular Meeting to be accepted via Online Form or Email
04/10/2020: Public Gatherings and Religious Services
04/09/2020: Reports of Scam Text Messages Related to COVID-19
04/09/2020: Revised: Reports of Scam Text Messages Related to COVID-19
04/08/2020: Clarifications to Executive and Local Orders Currently in Place
04/07/2020: Media Alert: Reminder Public Comments during Regular Meeting to be accepted via Email
04/03/2020: County Facilities to remain Closed to the Public
04/03/2020: Supreme Court issues two new administrative orders in its COVID-19 pandemic response
04/01/2020: Community Spread Determined in Sedgwick County
03/30/2020: First Death from COVID-19 Confirmed in Sedgwick County
03/30/2020: Media Alert: Public Comments during Regular Meeting to be accepted via Email
03/27/2020: Governor Extends Driver’s License and Vehicle Registration Renewal Deadlines
03/24/2020: Daily Briefings to be Viewed Online Only
03/24/2020: Press Conference Scheduled for 1 p.m.
03/24/2020: County Issues Order for Residents to Stay at Home
03/24/2020: County Seeks Local Business Support to Fight COVID-19
03/24/2020: County Implements Phone Interviews Only
03/24/2020: Updated Presumptive-Positive Cases in Sedgwick County
03/23/2020: Special Meeting scheduled for this Afternoon
03/22/2020: Commissioners to hold a Special Meeting this afternoon
03/21/2020: Second Presumptive-Positive Case identified in Sedgwick County Resident
03/20/2020: Commissioners Vote to Close Majority of County Facilities through April 5
03/20/2020: Local Resources Available for COVID-19 Information
03/19/2020: First Presumptive-Positive Case identified in Sedgwick County Resident
03/18/2020: Register of Deeds Closing to the Public
03/18/2020: State courts on emergency operations until further order
03/17/2020: Public Gatherings Prohibition Update
03/17/2020: Sedgwick County Facility Closings and Event Cancelations
03/16/2020: State of Local Disaster Emergency, Prohibition of Public Gatherings of 50 or More
03/13/2020: County to Hold Press Conference Related to Events in Wichita, Sedgwick County
03/04/2020: Recommendations for County Residents Returning from Certain Countries
03/03/2020: Health Director to Brief City Council on Novel Coronavirus
03/03/2020: County Residents at Low-Risk for Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)
07/12/2019: Back-to-School Vaccinations Offered by Sedgwick County Health Department 2019
07/27/2017: Back-To-School Vaccinations 2017
08/03/2016: County Manager's Executive Team Announced
06/14/2016: County Manager Announces Redesign
07/30/2015: Back-to-School Vaccinations and Special Clinic 2018
07/22/2013: Back-to-School Vaccinations 2013