JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ)
State health leaders are transitioning the allocation model of the coronavirus vaccine from the overall population to the eligible population by the end of March.
Information about the plan was shared during a meeting with vaccine distributors and the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services on Tuesday afternoon.
Tier 3 of the state s vaccination plan will make 550,000 Missourians eligible starting on March 15.
The Director of the Division of Community & Public Health Adam Crumbliss said the shift will happen by the week of March 29.
https://twitter.com/ConnorHirschTV/status/1369400000325816322 It s really based again on, now that we are moving into more of the general population, we feel like we really need to start focusing on our numbers on the unvaccinated that are in open and eligible populations.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ)
Cole County is holding off on paying a medical supply company after coronavirus care packages were not delivered to each home in the county.
The Cole County Commission on Wednesday decided to hold off paying $318,255 for the packages. The cost for the boxes is covered by CARES Act funding.
The commission approved an emergency order on Nov. 10 to send out a COVID-19 care package with 50 surgical masks, hand sanitizer and an informational paper on COVID-19.
But there have been issues with shipping the boxes. Not all residents have received their boxes yet. We re having hiccups along the way but the postmaster has become my best buddy, Cole County Presiding Commissioner Sam Bushman said. When somebody says they haven t received their boxes, he gets to [them] pretty quickly.
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