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Credit CDC City officials in Springfield and local health professionals continue to encourage people to get vaccinated against COVID-19.  The number of people seeking the vaccine has dropped by 43 percent since April 9, according to the Springfield-Greene County Health Department at a press briefing Tuesday.  As of Tuesday morning, 33 percent of Greene County residents 16 and older had been fully vaccinated against COVID-19. And there's been a jump in positive cases of the illness in Greene County.  Less than two weeks ago, the seven-day average of daily cases was under 18 per day.  Tuesd...

The community is inching closer to the goal of having half of the eligible Greene County residents vaccinated against COVID-19 by Memorial Day, but health department officials are hopeful that will happen. "If we keep up the current pace, we definitely can meet that goal of reaching 50 percent full vaccination by Memorial Day," said Cara Erwin with the Springfield-Greene County Health Department. "But we are saying very strongly: We need to keep up that pace. We talk about finishing strong and how this is a marathon, not a race." Greene County entered the yellow phase of its Road to Recover...

COVID-19 vaccine clinics will be held at two Springfield-Greene County Library branches. The clinics are set for May 1st from 9 a.m. to noon at the Library Center and from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Library Station and are for all Missourians 16 and older.  The Pfizer vaccine will be available, and participants can get their first or second doses. Walk-ins are welcome, but registration is strongly encouraged.  To register, go to covidvaccine.mo.gov/navigator or call 417-874-1211. Tags: 

Two Libraries In Springfield Holding Vaccine Clinics In May Posted By: Parker Padgett April 21, 2021 @ 7:40 pm Coronavirus, Local News, News, State Two branches in the Springfield-Greene County Library District are holding COVID-19 vaccine clinics on May 1. The two locations are the Library Center on South Campbell from 9 a.m. to noon and the Library Station on Kansas Expressway from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. The vaccine that will be given is the Pfizer vaccine. People going can get their first or secon...

At the Library Station, the four children eagerly updated volunteer Kay Beall on all that they were learning at school. They surrounded Beall, talking about classes they liked, friends they were making, clubs they were joining, extra help they were receiving — and, importantly, the books they had been reading. Their mother, standing nearby, was beaming. The ordinariness of the exchange would have been lost on strangers within earshot. But, for the four, the volume of progress they'd made at school in less than 15 months proved anything but ordinary. "She has done a lot for my kids," said ...