Posted By: Nicole Rodriguez February 3, 2021 @ 10:30 am Coronavirus, Local News, News
A new COVID-19 vaccination site has been set up in Taney County.
The new location is the parking lot Branson High School.
Health officials say they had to move the vaccination site so more people can get the shot.
To get vaccinated, you must first sign up online through the Taney County Health Department or CoxHealth.
The Taney County Health Department is experiencing a large volume of calls in regards to registering for and scheduling…
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The Branson School District, Cox Medical Center Branson and the Taney County Health Department are working together to bring the COVID-19 vaccine to the Branson area.
According to the health department, vaccinations will be given out at the high school activities center, which has its own parking lot and its own entrance and exit from the main campus.
Anyone in Taney County who is interested in getting a vaccine may submit their information at taneycohealth.org or coxhealth.com/covid/vaccine. Once they’re eligible and vaccines are available they’ll be contacted via phone, text or email to schedule an appointment.
Taney County Health Department Director Lisa Marshall went before the Taney County Commission on Dec. 28 to give an update regarding the health department and COVID-19.
âMost of what weâre doing at the health department continues to be COVID,â said Marshall. âJust to start with the numbers, Iâm pulling these from the state website, to date weâve had 3,692 cases, so that starts back at the end of March to current (Dec. 28, 2020). The state has us at 51 deaths, we currently have 46 on our website so we are kind of in a constant state of reconciling that with the state health departments. They get the death certificates before we do, so weâre constantly reconciling that to make sure weâre up to date. We also verify that with our coronerâs office. So we go through a little bit of an extensive process to make sure we get those verified.â
The Taney County Health Department has adopted some of the CDC’s new COVID-19 guidelines.
The Taney County Health Department’s Board of Trustees voted this week to follow the CDC guidance and end quarantine after the completion of 10 full days for asymptomatic individuals not connected with nursing homes. Those released from quarantine must continue to monitor for symptoms and wear a face covering for two weeks.
But the health department continues to recommend a 14-day quarantine for those who are able to do so.
Learn more at taneycohealth.org.
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