State officials in health and education held a webinar to discuss the next step for Missouri schools going forward in the fight against COVID-19. MISSOURI - State health and education officials hosted a webinar Wednesday to discuss COVID-19 protocol updates for local school districts. Districts are beginning to relax their coronavirus precautions in light of slowing case numbers over the time period from November 2020 to present. Nathan Koffarnus, Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services program coordinator of communicable disease control and prevention, began the presentation by reviewing updated numbers on the Missouri COVID-19 dashboard. The speakers reviewed mitigation strategies in use at local levels and shared how those strategies should continue or change as schools prepare for the 2020 summer and fall semesters.