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Dr. Randall Williams, Missouris public health director, answering questions during a briefing last year. When the St. Louis County Department of Public Health saw itself listed among the hospitals expected to receive thousands of vaccines last week, it came as a surprise. No one had told the health department or hospital systems that was the plan, or even what that meant — setting off days of confusion over where the department was supposed to get its vaccine doses. “What it has meant,” s...

In the scramble to roll out the largest vaccine program since polio, and with supplies still limited, the state’s vacillating directives are leaving local providers tasked with carrying out the state’s plan unclear as to how to do so.

Affinia Healthcare nurse Felicia Standifer gives Judith Pruitt her first shot of the Moderna coronavirus vaccine on Jan. 23 at the Beloved Community United Methodist Church in south St. Louis. Pruitt said she preferred to wait for her assisted living facility to offer the vaccine, rather than signing up online. Kayla Drake / St. Louis Public Radio Originally published on January 27, 2021 4:30 pm Updated at 4:30 p.m. Jan. 27, with information on health department hotlines in Madison Count...

Those who live in one area of the bi-state and work in another can be vaccinated in either jurisdiction     ST. LOUIS COUNTY, MO (KMOV) — For those that traverse the bi-state for work, there are several options to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. Health officials in both St. Charles and St. Louis County tell News 4 those who live in Illinois and work in Missouri, or vice versa, don’t have to be vaccinated where they live. “The jurisdiction of residence isn’t the only jurisdiction to...

St. Louis County nursing homes reported that at least 818 residents tested positive for the coronavirus in December, down a record 1,047 the month before.