COVID-19 testing sites scale back hours amid decreased demand
MU Health Care changed its hours Friday, while Boone Health completely closed its dedicated testing location after about a month of being open.
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MU Health Care changed its hours Friday, while Boone Health completely closed its dedicated testing location after about a month of being open.
Missouri has reported more cases of COVID-19 in the first 12 days of January than any full month of the pandemic so far.
Columbia/Boone County Public Health and Human Services reported 1,578 active cases Wednesday afternoon.
As demand for COVID-19 tests continues amid the omicron variant, MU Health Care will open a new, larger testing site with expanded hours.
University of Missouri Health Care will require nurses who don’t usually care for patients to take hospital shifts to cope with a record COVID-19 caseload.