Ambulance strike teams arrive to Springfield amid COVID-19 surge Christopher Replogle © Provided by Springfield (MO) KYTV KY3
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - Missouri state leaders have sent ambulance strike teams over to Springfield as COVID-19 continues to surge throughout southwest Missouri.
Gov. Mike Parson announced Thursday the state will provide new resources in Springfield and Greene County, including ambulance strike teams and monoclonal antibody infusion facility.
“Throughout this pandemic, we have worked with our local partners to provide support and resources as quickly as logistically possible, and that has not changed,” Governor Parson said. “We are thankful for these medical professionals and the assistance they will provide in Southwest Missouri. We will continue to do all we can to support the Springfield area and surrounding communities as we experience this increase in COVID-19 spread.”
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On Wednesday, Springfield leaders implored the state for funds to create an “alternate care site” so local hospitals aren’t overrun amid the surge of COVID-19 in Southwest Missouri.
On Thursday Gov. Mike Parson was in Springfield to sign into law the state’s new gas tax and infrastructure plan.
He told the News-Leader he couldn’t commit to state funding for the site but that “we’re in the process of kind of going through that now” and that the state will “for the most part probably” fulfill the request.
Parson claimed his administration had only been notified five minutes before the Springfield-Greene County Health Department, Greene County Office of Emergency Management, CoxHealth and Mercy held a joint press conference announcing their request Wednesday.
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