The event will distribute more than 6,000 of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine over two days Author: Sam Clancy Updated: 9:50 PM CST March 11, 2021
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. Missouri Governor Mike Parson announced a mega vaccine event at the home of the Kansas City Chiefs that will provide doses to more than 6,000 people over two days.
Two national guard teams will be on hand to administer more than 6,000 doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine to people chosen from a list of people already registered with the Jackson County health department. The event will take place on the parking lot of Arrowhead Stadium on Friday, March 19, and Saturday, March 20.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, stressed this month that US service members who refused to get the COVID-19.
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Still, as of Thursday, only 9.4 percent of the state s population had received at least one dose of the vaccine.
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At a Thursday press conference, Dr. Randall Williams, director of Missouri s Department of Health and Senior Services, said that he hopes that by June, any Missourian who wants a COVID-19 vaccine will have access to one.Â
The vaccine rollout has been sluggish in Missouri. Last month, a
New York Times report found that the state had the lowest vaccination rate in the nation. As of Thursday, only 9.4 percent of the state s population had received at least one dose of a vaccine. Just 3 percent had received both doses.
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