Jefferson County to close mass vaccination site to focus on mobile clinics
The press release said the department will focus its vaccination efforts out of the High Ridge location and mobile clinics throughout the county Author: Sam Clancy Updated: 7:50 PM CDT May 5, 2021
JEFFERSON COUNTY, Mo. The Jefferson County Health Department will close its mass vaccination site to focus on mobile vaccine clinics.
In a press release, the county s health department said their Festus COVID-19 vaccination site will close effective June 15. The last vaccine clinic at this location will be hosted on June 1; a second dose clinic for those who received their first dose on May 4, the press release said.
St. Louis County and the city of St. Louis are open again without any capacity restrictions for the first time in more than a year, although restrictions such as masks and social distancing continue.
Under a joint city-county plan called “Reopen STL,” the new restrictions that went into effect immediately Monday will match across city and county lines for the first time. Official capacity restrictions are back up to 100 percent for the first time since March 2020, after being set at either 25 or 50 percent since the end of the stay-at-home order a year ago. But since masks and social distancing are still required inside businesses, capacity will vary on a case-by-case basis.
The CDC announced new guidelines Tuesday that fully vaccinated individuals no longer need to wear a mask outside, except in crowded settings, and they don t need to wear a mask during small outdoor gatherings with vaccinated family and friends, or while gathering with a mixture of vaccinated and unvaccinated individuals.
The agency maintains stricter guidelines for people who are unvaccinated, and the CDC continues to recommend everyone wear masks at indoor public places, saying that is still the safer course, even for those who are vaccinated.
The announcement by the CDC doesn t alter the mask requirements in Boone County, said Ashton Day, spokeswoman for the Columbia/Boone County health department.
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