Southwest Missouri is a hot spot for COVID-19 infections and Craig Brace doesn’t want Audrain County to become the next one.
Brace is the administrator and CEO of the Audrain County Health Department. He issued a health advisory Wednesday recommending COVID-19 vaccinations for all unvaccinated adults and children 12 and older.
Audrain County has seen a five-fold increase in the number of positive cases since June 30, he said in a press release. The county now has 20 confirmed cases with 17 probable cases. Twenty-seven percent of Audrain residents are fully vaccinated, he said, and he wants to boost that number. The majority of the county's new infections are among the unvaccinated, according to the release.