Columbia to consider $200,000 coronavirus vaccine education campaign
The City of Columbia will consider an agreement for a coronavirus vaccine education campaign during its meeting Monday night.
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SUNDAY UPDATES: Missouri tops 400,000 COVID-19 cases
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services reported more than 2,300 new COVID-19 cases Sunday, pushing the state’s total passed 400,000. Missouri’s total COVID-19 case count is now reported to be 401,761. Records indicate there were also 19 new virus related deaths added Sunday bringing the state’s death toll to 5,562.
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SATURDAY UPDATES: Missouri health department reports 2,100+ new COVID-19 cases
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri state health department reported more than 2,100 new COVID-19 cases Saturday. Health officials said total COVID-19 cases since the pandemic were up to 399,456 Saturday — 2,157 more since Friday’s dashboard update. The health department included three more virus-related deaths to the dashboard bringing the pandemic total up to 5,543 fatalities.
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FRIDAY UPDATES: Missouri health department reports 4,700+ new COVID-19 cases on New Year’s Day
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THURSDAY UPDATES: Boone County reports sixth death this week related to COVID-19
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Mid-Missouri prepares for New Year’s Eve celebrations amid COVID-19
Both Columbia and Jefferson City are preparing for a busy New Year’s Eve amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
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WEDNESDAY UPDATES: Boone County reports 57th COVID-19 related death
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SATURDAY UPDATES: State reports fewer than 2,000 new COVID-19 cases
The Department of Health and Senior Services reported 1,756 new COVID-19 cases Saturday.
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FRIDAY UPDATES: State reports more than 2,000 new COVID-19 cases
The Department of Health and Senior Services reported 2,076 new COVID-19 cases Friday.
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THURSDAY UPDATES: Boone County reports 162 new COVID-19 cases; active cases near 1,000
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WEDNESDAY UPDATES: Saline County reports COVID-19 related death and 32 new cases
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Boone County businesses paid fines for COVID-19 violations
ABC 17 News obtained court documents detailing businesses in Boone County that violated COVID-19 guidelines.
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WATCH: Jefferson City hospitals see small increase in COVID-19 hospitalizations
Jefferson City area hospital officials, the Cole County Health Department director, as well as, Jefferson City’s Mayor and the County Commission’s presiding commissioner all spoke on the call.
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Pfizer to supply US with additional 100M vaccines doses
Pfizer and BioNTech will supply the U.S. with an additional 100 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine under a new agreement.
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Hospitals say first round of vaccinations was successful
Local hospitals in mid-Missouri have been providing COVID-19 vaccinations to staff as they received the first shipments of the Pfizer vaccine.
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MONDAY UPDATES: Boone Hospital Center to forgo Moderna coronavirus vaccine
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Moderna vaccine expected to hit Mid-Missouri this week
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Health workers could get the Moderna vaccine as soon as Monday. A spokesperson for Cedarhurst, a long-term care community with a facility in Columbia, said it would be getting about 70,000 doses of the Moderna vaccine possibly this week. Both the Food and Drugs Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and
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DHSS director authorizes medical professionals to give Moderna vaccine
Randall Williams, director of the Department of Health and Senior Services signs a standing order for the Moderna vaccine Sunday.
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Columbia and Boone County leaders scheduled to meet to discuss COVID-19
Both the Boone County Commission and Columbia’s City Council are scheduled to meet tomorrow and both are expected to discuss COVID-19.
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SATURDAY UPDATES: State reports more than 2,000 new COVID-19 cases
The Department of Health and Senior Services reported Saturday there have been 363,114 cases of COVID-19 across the state. Missouri ranks 19th in the nation for new cases in the last seven days.
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