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Hundreds of appointments available at Cole County coronavirus vaccination site
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ)
The permanent Cole County coronavirus vaccination site officially opened on Monday at the Capital Mall and walk-ins are welcome.
According to health officials from the site, about 300 appointments were filled for the day by about 9:30 a.m. Monday and walk-ins are being accepted until 2 p.m. About 700 spots remained unfilled.
This week the site is giving out the Pfizer vaccine, which is approved for anyone at least 16 years old.
Kristi Campbell, the director of the Cole County Health Department, said the site is being run by a partnership between multiple health organizations. Capital Region Medical Center, the Community Health Center of Central Missouri, Jefferson City Medical Group and SSM St. Mary s Hospital are working with the health department and National Guard to staff the site.
JEFFERSON CITY â Capital Region Medical Center (CRMC) opened a vaccination clinic at the Capital Mall on Saturday.
The mall offered up an empty storefront off of Country Club Drive that used to house a Party City as the clinic location. Appointments were available for all CRMC patients 16 and older.
Now that Missouri has entered Phase 3 of the stateâs vaccination plan, more residents were eligible for an appointment on Saturday. One local woman who didnât qualify for the vaccine until Phase 3 received her first dose of the Pfizer vaccine at the clinic.
âIt gives me common reassurance,â Cole County resident June Kelley said. âI think that itâs a very important step to get done for all of us.â
6:45 p.m.: CPS 14-day case rate at 10
The Columbia Public Schools 14-day case rate per 10,000 people is at 10.
The updated CPS student tracker shows 15Â students in the district currently in quarantine and 3Â active student cases.
To break the student cases down:Â
Elementary schools: 8 quarantined, 1 positive cases, 5 out of 21 schools affected
Middle schools: 3 quarantined, 1 positive case, 3 out of 7 schools affected
High schools: 3 quarantined, 1 positive cases, 3 out of 4 schools affected
Other: 1 quarantined, 0 positive cases
The district has seen 2,724 quarantined student cases and 642 positive student cases since June 2020.Â
The updated CPS staff tracker also shows 2Â staff members currently in quarantine and 0Â active staff cases. One staff member is out due to EFMLA laws.
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