Gov. Mike Parson Friday announced that Missouri is tripling the number of mutual aid ambulances that provide long-haul patient transfers to help reduce the rising COVID-19 caseloads straining hospitals.
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Missouri Gov. Mike Parson announced Friday that specialized "ambulance strike teams" are on the way to the Kansas City area to help local hospitals and emergency transport groups amid a growing COVID-19 case surge. Parson said in a release that 30 ambulances and more than 60 trained personnel are scheduled to begin arriving in five different regions of the state Friday, and can start transporting patients as soon as Saturday. Sign up for our.
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Hutchinson spokeswoman Shealyn Sowers said afterward that the specifics of the proposed change are still being developed.
LAW PASSED THIS YEAR
Act 1002 of 2021, sponsored by Sen. Trent Garner, R-El Dorado, bars state and local governments, including public schools, and their officials from mandating the wearing of masks, face shields or other face covering. The law doesn t apply apply to a face-covering requirement imposed by a private business; state-owned or state-controlled health care facility; or a facility operated by the Department of Corrections or by the Division of Youth Services of the Department of Human Services.
On March 30, Hutchinson announced that he was lifting the mask mandate, which was imposed in 2020 in response to the coronavirus pandemic.