Materials will be available to provide active COVID-19 tests for 200 individuals at the free community event in Trenton Saturday, May 30, 2020, from 10 to 2 o’clock. The drive-thru will start at the First Christian Church at 17th Street and Princeton Road and end at the Emergency Services Complex with medical staff collecting specimens […]
As part of the state’s COVID-19 community sampling efforts, six additional counties will host testing events. The goal is to test nearly 10,000 people over a 10-day period in Boone, Cape Girardeau, Greene, Jackson, Jefferson, and St. Charles Counties. Jackson County May 26-30, 7 a.m.-7 p.m., Silverstein Eye Center Arena, Independence St. Charles County May […]
The Grundy County Health Department, Mosaic Life Care, Wright Memorial Hospital, the Mercer County Health Department, and the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services are partnering to offer free community COVID-19 testing for residents of Grundy and Mercer counties. The testing will take place using the Grundy County drive-thru flu shot route May 30th […]
Thirteen hog farm employees in Audrain County have tested positive for the coronavirus. Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services Director Randall Williams says the cases impact the overall food chain. Some Missouri meat processing plants have closed or reduced their output due to coronavirus outbreaks, including in Moniteau and Saline Counties. “We […]
The Missouri Legislature has passed changes to the state’s new medical marijuana industry. The FBI informed the state health department, which licenses and regulates the medical marijuana industry, that the department will not have access to its national fingerprint background check database. Representative Lane Roberts, R-Joplin, says his legislation would clear up that problem. “Because […]
The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services has received initial shipments of remdesivir, an experimental drug being used to treat hospitalized COVID-19 patients. Working closely with the Missouri Hospital Association, which has been querying hospitals daily in order to compile and analyze COVID-19-related hospital utilization data, DHSS officials were able to determine where critically […]
Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services Communications Director Lisa Cox reported Friday evening that 363 employees have been tested for COVID-19 at the Smithfield pork processing plant in Milan. Fourteen of those employees tested positive. More than 900 employees have yet to be tested. Cox previously reported she believed more of a “box-in” strategy […]
Missouri State Parks, a division of the Department of Natural Resources, today announced the phased reopening of campgrounds as a part of its continued efforts to return to normal operations in conjunction with Governor Mike Parson’s “Show Me Strong” Recovery Plan. Missouri State Parks campgrounds will reopen to accommodate existing campground reservations at 3 p.m., […]
The Adair County Health Department reports four Adair county residents, who are employed at Milan, are among the eight workers who have tested positive for the coronavirus. Testing was conducted this week at the Smithfield Foods Plant in Milan as part of the states’ expanded effort to test workers who may be infected with the […]
Out of an abundance of caution and to protect participants amid ongoing COVID-19 concerns, Missouri State Parks and the Missouri State Parks Foundation have canceled the 2020 Katy Trail Ride scheduled to begin Monday, June 22. The five-day, 240-mile annual ride, which takes travelers through many of Missouri’s rural communities, along with open fields and […]
The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services’ website shows Livingston County has three positive cases of COVID-19. The Livingston County Health Center reports the third case is not a “new” local case. The health center explains the person resides in Livingston County but contracted the virus and recovered in another county. The case had […]
The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services on Saturday reported 8,154 cases of COVID-19 in the state since testing began, which is an increase of 319 compared to Friday. There were 351 deaths, up 14 from Friday. State officials have cautioned against looking too closely at daily changes because they can contain more than […]
Governor Mike Parson announced the first phase of the “Show Me Strong Recovery” Plan outlining how Missouri will gradually begin to reopen economic and social activity on Monday, May 4, 2020. Governor Parson was joined by Missouri Hospital Association President and CEO Herb Kuhn, MO HealthNet Director Todd Richardson, Missouri Department of Economic Development Director […]
The Carroll County Health Department has received confirmation of Carroll County’s first positive COVID-19 case. The health department reports the person is quarantined at home. No other information about the individual was released. The public is asked to continue to practice good hand washing and social distancing. As of Tuesday afternoon at 2 o’clock, the […]
The Department of Health and Senior Services has settled two appeals of medical marijuana facility application denials. As a result of these settlements, DHSS will issue one new medical marijuana testing facility license and will exchange an existing medical marijuana dispensary license for a new medical marijuana dispensary license. The new testing facility license will […]
Daviess County has its second confirmed positive case of COVID-19. The Daviess County Health Department reports the person is a county resident in isolation at home, and he or she is in regular contact with health officials. The person’s name will not be released due to HIPAA regulations. Close contacts to the case have been […]
The Caldwell County Health Department reports the county has its second positive case of COVID-19. The individual is said to be a female in her 70s and is isolating at home. The Caldwell County Health Department notes contacts have been identified and notifications have been made. No other information was released on the individual due […]
The Livingston County Health Center has announced the second positive case of the Coronavirus in Livingston County. The case is not travel-related, and the patient is quarantined at home. Health center staff is working with the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services to determine close contacts of the individual who were possibly exposed. Health […]
The Harrison County Health Department reports Harrison County now has six confirmed positive cases of COVID-19. That is an increase of two from what was previously reported in the county. No other information was provided on the two new cases. The health department asked that, moving forward, the public view case counts for the county […]
A Daviess County resident has been confirmed positive for COVID-19. The Daviess County Health Department reports the resident is in isolation at home and is in contact with health officials. The person’s name will not be released due to HIPAA regulations. Close contacts to the person have already been notified. The health department notes that […]
