116K Missourians register for vaccine prize in first 24 hours
More than half a million people logged onto the state s ShowMeVax website after the program s launch, numbers organizers haven t seen since February Author: Sara Machi Updated: 6:41 PM CDT July 22, 2021
ST. LOUIS The Lite of Jericho Missionary Baptist Church opened its doors in Wells-Goodfellow for a coronavirus vaccine clinic Thursday, just hours after the state announced its new vaccine incentive program. Though some patients say they didn t even know about the $10,000 giveaway. I heard they were doing it in Illinois or something like that, but I did not know we were doing it here, vaccine recipient Chris Sanders said, adding with a laugh, I ll take that 10. .
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.