WATCH: Cole County leaders to give update on COVID-19 pandemic
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ)
Cole County leaders gave an update on the COVID-19 pandemic at 11 a.m. Thursday.
Watch playback of the virtual news conference in the media player below.
Last week, two Jefferson City hospitals received extra coronavirus vaccine doses. It was a decision made by the state health department to reduce the burden on mass vaccination clinics.
A social media post from the health department asked residents to remove themselves from its list of people wanting to receive the coronavirus vaccine if they have received a shot elsewhere.