COVID-19 cases rise in Missouri areas popular among tourists
The state health department's COVID-19 dashboard showed 206 people hospitalized with the virus in southwestern Missouri
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Updated: 2:37 PM CDT Jun 16, 2021
The Associated Press
COVID-19 cases rise in Missouri areas popular among tourists
The state health department's COVID-19 dashboard showed 206 people hospitalized with the virus in southwestern Missouri
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Updated: 2:37 PM CDT Jun 16, 2021
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BRIGHT TOUGH AND A WORTHY ADVERSARY THE LATEST VACCINATION NUMBERS FROM MISSOURI AND KANSAS ARE TRENDING BOARDS RIGHTOW N 36.7% OF MISSOURIANS AND 37.1% OF KANNSSA ARE CONSIDERED FULLY VACCINATED ALL PANDECMI HEALTH AND SAFETY ORDERS ARE OVER IN KA NSAS. THEY ENDED AT MIDNIGHT GOVERNOR LAURA. KELLY WANTED SOME EXTENDED UNTIL THE END OF AUGUST, BUT REPUBLICAN LEADERS IN THE LEGISLATURE TURNED HER DOWN WHAT THIS MEANSS ITHE NATIONAL GUARD’S RULE AND SHIPPING AND DISTRIBUTING VACCINES WILL BE SCALED BACK AND AN EXTRA $230 A MONTH MONTH IN SNAP BENEFITS IS OVER. WE WILL GET THROUGH IT. WE WILL GET THE KIDS WHO WENT VACCINATIONS WE WILL DO THAT. WE WILL HELP PEOPLE THROUGH ALL OF THOSE SERVICEWES PUTTING MORE BARRIERS AND MEOR HOOPS THAT EVERYONE HAS TO JUMP THROUGH. THERE’S NOTHING THAT CAN’T BE DONE THROUGH OUR NORLMA PROCESSES NOT A THING THE TWO REMAINING EOS ALL CAN BE DONE TO NORMAL PROCESSES VACCINES ARE READILY AVAILABLE TO ANYONE WHO WANTS TO GET THEM. DOCTORS WHIT THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS HEALTH SYSTEM SAY PANDEMIC ORDERS RUNNING OUT IN KANSAS MAY NOT HAVE A MAJOR IMPACT ON THE FIGHT AGAINST COVID-19. TH ERE WILL BE CHANGES FOR EXAMPLE CERTAIN PARAMEDICS AND MEDICAL STUDENTSAN C NO LONRGE GIVE PEOPLE CORONAVIRUS VACCINES, BUT DOCTORS SAY THAT’S NOT THR EICONCERN. WE HAVE SO MUCH EXTRA VACCINE RIGHT NOW AND IN VACCINE INSIDE, SO I DON’T THINK THAT THAT’S GOING TO REALLY HAMPER THE REAL THING THAT’S GONNA HAMPER. IT IS JUST PEOPLE NOT GETTING THE VACCINATION, YOU KNOW, IF YOU YOU GOT TO BE WILLING. DOCTORSRE A STILL FIGHTING VACCINE HESITCYAN EVERY DAY. THEY SAY VACCINATION RATES ARE STILL TOO LOW IN BH,OT KANSAS AND MISSOURI THE END OF THE EMERGENCY DECLARATION ALSO AFFECTS A RULE MEANT TO PREVENT PRICE GOUGING DURING A DISASTER WHEN THE PANDEMIC STARTED THE KANSAS ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE LAUNCHED AN ONLINE FORM FOR PEOPLE TO REPORT PRICE GOUGING THAT FORM WILL NOW BE SHUT DOWN, MISSOURI IS STILL UNDER A STATEWIDE PANDEMIC ORDER WHICH IS SET TO RUN OUT AUGUST 31ST, GOVERNOR, MIKE. AND SIGNED A NEW BILL PUT INTO LAW TUESDAY THAT LIMITS CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS IN A HEALTH EMERGENCY. IT BANNED SO-CALLED VACCINE PASSPORTS. IT ALSO LIMITS A CITY OR COUNTY FROM ISSUING A HEALTH EMERGENCY FOR LONGER TNHA 30 DAYS AFTER THAT THAT CITY