JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The annual Jefferson City Jaycees Fair kicks off Monday night with COVID-19 safety measures in place again this year. Last year, the fair added additional hand sanitizing stations and social distancing measures. The measures will be continued at the fair this year. The Jaycees Fair will be offering musical performances each
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Mask mandates are back in St. Louis city and county as the state continues to grapple with a sharp increase in coronavirus infections.
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As COVID-19 cases continue to surge in the month of July, many have begun to put masks back on in Boone County.
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The state now has a seven day positivity rate of 14.7% on Sunday. The increase in positivity comes along with 1,253 additional confirmed cases bringing the total to 557,109 since the start of pandemic. Health officials also recorded 367 new probable cases with a total number of 106,018 antigen test results being positive. No new
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The state now has a seven day positivity rate of 14.8% on Saturday. The increase in positivity comes along with 2,220 additional confirmed cases bringing the total to 555,856 since the start of pandemic. Health officials also recorded 686 new probable cases with a total number of 105,651 antigen test results being positive. Eight new
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Check back for updates related to the coronavirus pandemic in Missouri.
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Japan is undergoing its own coronavirus surge and the Japanese government has been pressured to cancel the games.
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Gov. Mike Parson is sending additional personnel and equipment to Springfield and Greene County to assist in the fight against COVID-19 and support the local health care system. “Throughout this pandemic, we have worked with our local partners to provide support and resources as quickly as logistically possible, and that has not changed,” Governor Parson
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Those in the blue tier are eligible for an education savings account through the Missouri State Treasurer’s MOST 529 program instead of the lottery-like prize for the other two tiers.
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Missouri is having a surge in coronavirus cases health officials say is being powered by the more contagious delta variant combined with a low vaccination rate. About 40% of the state is fully vaccinated.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The CMNEA COVID Advisory Committee sent a letter recommending all CPS students, faculty and staff wear masks to start off the school year, regardless of vaccination status. The teachers union recommends until all elementary-aged students are eligible for the vaccines, have received their doses and surpassed the two-week waiting period to become
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The state will offer people 12 and older who have had at least one shot of a coronavirus vaccine a chance to enter a drawing for $10,000 starting Aug. 13. Drawings will be held every two weeks through Oct. 8. People under 18 will be entered to win a $10,000 education savings account.
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Commissioners said they had received emails and phone calls from concerned community members about door-to-door outreach efforts.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) According to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the delta variant now accounts for nearly 90% of all new COVID-19 cases in Missouri. In less than two months, the proportion of the delta variant in Missouri went from less than 7% to just under 90%. On June 8,
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With the start of school in many districts just a month away, students eligible to get the coronavirus vaccine are running out of time to be fully vaccinated before classes begin.
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Tuesday is the last day for Columbia Public Schools and Moberly Public Schools students to receive the first dose of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine if they want to be fully vaccinated by the first day of school on Aug. 24.
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The University of Missouri is asking students to begin their vaccination plan if they have not done so already. Students that have received their vaccine elsewhere will be able to receive their second shot in Columbia if necessary no matter what type of vaccination.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Boone County Fair is back after being canceled due to the pandemic last year, and this time it’s making a return to Columbia. Along with the return, local health officials are offering coronavirus vaccine clinics at the fair all week long in hopes of adding to the 173,418 total doses already
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