St. Louis Health Department using mobile clinics in its fight against COVID-19 "Our focus has to be interrupting the transmission, so stopping the spread of SARS-CoV-2," said Dr. Frederick Echols Author: Robert Townsend Updated: 10:00 PM CDT July 16, 2021 ST. LOUIS — On a warm, summer night, lots of people packed Turner Park in north St. Louis. Sure, they had fun, but the focus was much more serious. "All of our events will allow people to walk up and receive COVID-19 vaccinations," said Dr. Frederick Echols, the Acting Director of the City of St. Louis Department of Health. A team of nurses and other licensed medical professionals with the city's health department arrived with their mobile clinic.