A year after Missouri officials announced the first confirmed COVID-19 case in the state, local governments continue to relax virus-related restrictions.
The start date of the 5-day, in-person learning would be April 5, after spring break concludes.
Families who opted for their students to learn fully remote for the rest of the school year will not return in-person. The district will still offer virtual learning for the more than 3,400 students currently enrolled in virtual learning in all grades.
Fully-vaccinated Americans can gather with other vaccinated people indoors without wearing a mask or social distancing. That s according to long-awaited guidance from federal health officials, which was announced on Monday.
Even with one million Missourians being vaccinated, masks are still highly recommended by the CDC. About 30 million Americans or only about 9% of the U.S. population have been fully vaccinated with a federally authorized COVID-19 vaccine so far.
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One year into pandemic, Missouri’s COVID report missing 80,000 cases, 1,000 deaths
By Rudi Keller
Missouri Independent
The Hickory County Health Department reported 853 total local COVID-19 cases in its weekly update Friday, five more than a week earlier.
But residents of the southwest Missouri county who check the Department of Health and Senior Services dashboard for information would not have known that. Instead, they would see a cumulative 467 cases. Those that watch it closely would think only one case had been reported since Feb. 19.
Deaths are also a source of disagreement between the local and state reports. The county report shows 35 deaths, while the state dashboard reports 13.
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