COLUMBIA â Boone County residents can keep up with the latest information about when a COVID-19 vaccine will be available to them by completing a survey online.Â
The Columbia/Boone County Health Department released additional information about the vaccine rollout Friday. Missouri is currently in Phase 1A, which includes vaccinating long-term care facility residents and staff and health care workers.
Phase 1B will provide vaccines to high risk individuals ages 18 to 64 and individuals over age 65 as well as first responders and essential workers, including child care workers, teachers, critical manufacturing workers and food and agriculture workers.
Phase 2 will provide vaccines to populations at increased risk such as prisoners and homeless. Phase 3 opens the vaccine to all Missouri residents over the age of 16.
Missouri State laboratory looking for new variant of COVID-19
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ)
As a new variant of COVID-19 first found in the United Kingdom is now in the United States, the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services is already looking for it.
Director of the State Health Department Dr. Randall Williams said at the Governor s state briefing Wednesday the state lab has the capacity to look for the strain and is in the process of expanding it.
The Director at Missouri State Public Health Laboratory Bill Whitmar said there is a subtle difference between the B117 variant, commonly known now are the UK Variant, and the original virus responsible for COVID-19.
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University of Missouri hoping to gather data by arrival testing for certain students
COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ)
The University of Missouri is hoping to get more information about the COVID-19 pandemic by testing certain students returning to campus.
University of Missouri officials said Tuesday afternoon students living on-campus next semester will have to get tested for COVID-19 upon arrival to campus.
A University of Missouri spokesman Christian Basi said by testing this population, which is less than a quarter of total students, it could help guide their decision making for the semester. We re going to see what information can we glean, is it feasible, is it worth it, does it help us with our strategy with our opening of the spring semester, Basi said.