by admin | Mar 19, 2020 | Business, Health / Medicine, News, Politics / Govt, Transportation
Missouri’s governor announced Wednesday evening in Jefferson City that there are now 24 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the state, and says the first recorded death has happened in the Columbia area. Governor Mike Parson held two Statehouse press conferences on...
by Ashley Byrd | Mar 18, 2020 | Health / Medicine, News, Politics / Govt
Missouri’s Second District Representative Ann Wagner has quarantined herself after exposure to the coronavirus. Wagner issued this statement late Wednesday: “Last week I participated in a small group meeting with a colleague who has since tested positive for...
by Alisa Nelson | Mar 18, 2020 | Education, Health / Medicine, News
Two of the individuals with COVID-19 are School of Medicine physicians and the other two are undergraduate students. In a statement from Chancellor Andrew Martin, he says the doctors – who have been quarantined – have not been working with patients. The students...
by Alisa Nelson | Mar 18, 2020 | Health / Medicine, News, Politics / Govt
(Story updated with additional information from Missourinet’s Brian Hauswirth at the Statehouse in Jefferson City) Gov. Mike Parson has announced today Missouri’s first death from the coronavirus. During a press conference this afternoon outside his...
by Alisa Nelson | Mar 18, 2020 | Business, Health / Medicine, News, Politics / Govt
To fight the spread of the coronavirus, all Missouri Social Security offices closed Tuesday to the public for in-person services. In a press release, the U.S. Social Security Administration says the agency encourages the public to access services online to apply for...