St. Clair County Emergency Management Agency
Dr. Omer Badahman, infectious disease physician at Memorial Hospital Belleville, talked about hospitalizations for COVID-19 in 2021 as the delta variant of the coronavirus spread in Illinois and Missouri.
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St. Clair County officials continued sounding alarm bells about an uptick in COVID-19 cases in a weekly check-in with the public on Wednesday as the leaders pleaded with residents to take the vaccine to protect themselves against an emerging
Hospitalizations are increasing again after record lows in May and June, and the patient demographic has changed, according to Dr. Omer Badahman, an infectious disease physician at Memorial Hospital Belleville, who spoke during a briefing on the status of COVID-19 in the county.
St. Clair County sheriff charges father suspected of abusing 3-month-old
Caleb Manwell, 20, of Belleville was determined to have been the last person with baby before the child suffered life-threatening injuries. Man remains in custody.
Credit: St. Clair Sheriff’s Department
Caleb E. Manwell, 20, of Belleville, Illinois Author: Jeff Cavallin Updated: 5:59 PM CDT May 15, 2021
BELLEVILLE, Ill. A Belleville, Illinois, father was charged with two counts of aggravated battery to a child under 1 year old after the St. Clair Sheriff’s Department investigated injuries to the man s 3-month-old baby.
Caleb E. Manwell, 20, of Frieda Drive in Belleville was taken into custody Thursday for the class X felony, which in Illinois is the most serious felony offense. His bond was set at $500,000 and he remains in custody, according to the St. Clair sheriff s office.
That would have eliminated millions of dollars in supplemental Medicaid funding each year.
But Gateway kept its status under Illinois Senate Bill 1530, which was signed into law April 2 by Gov. J.B. Pritzker. It amended the Illinois Public Aid Code with a clause that didn t mention Gateway by name, but effectively added it to a list of hospitals allowed to continue in the state s safety-net program, despite not meeting some requirements.
Gateway CEO Bob Moore described the legislation as something of a lifesaver. If we got out of the safety-net program, this hospital would not be viable, he said Tuesday. We get about $8 million a year in funding from it.
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Cars pull up for COVID-19 vaccinations at Belle-Clair Fairgrounds in Belleville on Feb. 1, the first day for a drive-thru clinic operated by St. Clair County agencies with help from the National Guard. On Friday, nearly 80% of the appointments were taken by people as far away as California.
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St. Clair County officials said Saturday they are making changes to COVID-19 vaccination scheduling a day after hundreds of ineligible people made appointments.
On Friday, an estimated 800 people who were not eligible under state and county vaccination guidelines had scheduled appointments through a link and password that officials believe was shared via email, text message and social media. The county asks eligible residents not to share that information when the health department or a hospital administering vaccines provides it to them.