Health Department Partners With Missouri National Guard To Expand COVID-19 Vaccination Efforts Posted By: Parker Padgett April 19, 2021 @ 7:58 pm Coronavirus, Local News, News, State
The Springfield Greene County Health Department and the Missouri National Guard are teaming up to expand vaccination efforts.
An Adaptive Vaccination Team from the national guard has been assigned to Greene County and will hold vaccine clinics in areas with low vaccination numbers.
The health department says the goal is to full vaccinate 70% of the people in the county.
Below is a press release from the Health Department:
The Springfield-Greene County Health Department is excited to announce a new partnership with the Missouri National Guard. Six Adaptive Vaccination Teams (AVTs) have been deployed to Region D to assist in COVID-19 vaccination efforts.
Health Department Announces Partnership With Missouri National Guard on Vaccination Efforts
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Montgomery: Delta is now flying bigger airplanes in and out of the capital city, and it will allow even more people aboard beginning in May. The changes are part of a plan to increase airline capacity in Montgomery toward pre-pandemic levels. The airport reported Delta started the month with bigger aircraft making the airline’s four daily flights between Montgomery and Atlanta, meaning more seats for passengers. Capacity will increase again May 1 when Delta starts allowing middle-seat passengers for the first time this year. One pandemic change that’s not going away is Delta’s new cleaning and sanitation procedures. The airline has announced that they’ll become permanent. Federal guidelines require air travelers to continue wearing masks. American Airlines resumed nonstop flights between Montgomery and Washington, D.C., earlier this month. The airport also offers nonstop flights to Charlotte, North Carolina, and to Dallas.
It finally happened.
After months of reserving COVID-19 vaccines for groups like health care workers and those 65 and older, the state made every adult in Missouri eligible for a shot Friday.
It was a long-awaited step forward in the fight to end the pandemic and restore some semblance of normalcy, but it also raises some questions.
Will we have enough for the millions of new adults becoming eligible? And how long until we reach the rate of immunity that allows a return to something resembling normal?
Here’s a rundown.
The folks in charge certainly think so.
Missouri Gov. Mike Parson said the same thing Thursday when a reporter asked if he had any concern about more people getting in line.