Updates on CCP Virus: GOP Moves to Condemn Early Vaccine Shots for Kansas Inmates

A nurse prepares a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for administration at Jerome Mack Middle School in Las Vegas, Nev., on Jan. 29, 2021. Ethan Miller/Getty Images

Republican lawmakers in Kansas are moving toward formally condemning Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s decision to give prison inmates COVID-19 vaccinations ahead of others.

The state Senate’s health committee agreed Tuesday to sponsor a resolution from its GOP chair, Sen. Richard Hilderbrand, that calls on Kelly to reverse her policy on inoculating inmates.

South Korea Curbing Travel, Gatherings for Holiday

South Korean officials are moving to limit travel and gatherings during next week’s Lunar New Year holidays by allowing train operators to sell only window seats and passenger vessels to operate at half capacity.