Posted By: Hewson Beattie April 6, 2021 @ 9:53 am Coronavirus, Local News, News
The largest COVID-19 vaccination event in the state takes place this Thursday and Friday, April 8 and 9, at Hammons Student Center in Springfield.
Colonel Dr. Russell Kohl with the Missouri Air National Guard says health officials will offer the one-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine to up to 10,000 people during the two-day event.
It comes after the U.K. variant of the virus was discovered last month in Greene County.
Kohl says you’ll have to park and walk to the event.
But he says once you get inside, it should take you no more than an hour to get the shot.
Officials emphasize how important it is to register in advance Author: Alex Fees (KSDK) Updated: 10:25 PM CDT April 3, 2021
ST. LOUIS COVID-19 mass vaccination events like the one at Bernard Middle School, in Mehlville Saturday morning and or the one at South Technical High School in Special School District have become familiar as the way we arm ourselves against coronavirus.
Missouri State Representative Jim Murphy organized the Mehlville event.
“We’re using Johnson & Johnson: one shot,” said Murphy.
Paris Forest is one of the 1,400 people who signed up for that vaccination.
“You pretty much get your shot, she said. Then you wait 15 minutes.”
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Supporting Our Troops
This week, the General Assembly sent the second completed bill of the 2021 legislative session to the governor’s desk. Senate Bill 2, which was passed by the Senate in January, received final approval from the House of Representatives. This measure expands the Missouri Works jobs creation program, allowing part-time military jobs to be eligible for tax incentives. The aim of the legislation is to make Missouri military facilities more attractive to Pentagon planners by reducing payroll costs. Currently, a Missouri Air National Guard base in St. Joseph is in the running to host a new air evacuation unit.
Rep. Nicole Clowney and Sen. Jim Hendren will participate in a roundtable conversation next week about civility and bipartisanship moderated by professor Janine Parry at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 2.