COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
Local health leaders say the potential of vaccine distribution for children is good news for the area.
The company says it plans to submit the data to the US Food and Drug Administration as soon as possible for expanded emergency use authorization of the two-dose vaccine.
The assistant director of the Columbia/Boone County Health Department Scott Clardy said getting this age group vaccinated is another step towards herd immunity, as a large group of people is hesitant about getting the vaccine in the area. The more people that are eligible that want to get the vaccine and can get vaccinated, the better, Clardy said. So we are hopeful that once the vaccine is made available to younger people, we ll have even better uptake, and get help get us closer to that herd immunity.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ)
State health leaders are transitioning the allocation model of the coronavirus vaccine from the overall population to the eligible population by the end of March.
Information about the plan was shared during a meeting with vaccine distributors and the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services on Tuesday afternoon.
Tier 3 of the state s vaccination plan will make 550,000 Missourians eligible starting on March 15.
The Director of the Division of Community & Public Health Adam Crumbliss said the shift will happen by the week of March 29.
https://twitter.com/ConnorHirschTV/status/1369400000325816322 It s really based again on, now that we are moving into more of the general population, we feel like we really need to start focusing on our numbers on the unvaccinated that are in open and eligible populations.
Vaccinations for some a moving target
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
City leaders and staff at the Columbia/Boone County Health Department are working on plans to make vaccinations easily available to Boone County residents.
This comes as the second COVID-19 vaccine, Moderna, has become available to health care workers. It will be several months before the Moderna and Pfizer vaccine is available to everyone.
Local leaders have also been keeping an eye on the latest Coronavirus cases.
Monday night staff with the Columbia/Boone County Health Department provided an update on the latest COVID-19 case numbers and hospital capacity.
ABC 17 News has a replay of the update below: