UPI Dr. Alex Garza, head of the St. Louis Metropolitan Pandemic Task Force, has for more than 14 months used livestreamed press briefings to educate residents in the St. Louis region about how to stay safe during the coronavirus pandemic. As people in the St. Louis region return to public activities following a year of isolation during the coronavirus pandemic, health officials are warning everyone to continue taking precautions and to seek the COVID-19 vaccine. Hospital leaders from the St. Louis Metropolitan Pandemic Task Force on Monday ended 14 months of weekly livestreamed briefings, citing falling coronavirus cases and hospitalizations of patients with COVID-19.