Of the 1,267 hospitalized COVID patients in St. Louis area hospital systems, 435 are fully vaccinated, which is 34% of the patient population. Just 2% are boosted.
St. Louis Pandemic Task Force says it could get worse before better. This comes as people are having trouble finding tests and a record number of hospitalizations.
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St. Louis Public Schools isn t hold a vaccine event for that age group yet.
A spokesperson said, We just had our first one for students 16 and up. The new guidelines came out after it was planned. But we expect to do additional events as we enter the summer.
The Hancock Place School District in St. Louis County will soon set up a vaccine event for ages 12 and up at its central office.
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Since it has a health clinic on-site, which is partnered with IFM Community Medicine, it already had several events for teachers and high schoolers 18 and older.