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Kansas City’s Arrowhead Stadium will be mega vaccination site for two-day event

March 12, 2021 By Brian Hauswirth

Missouri’s governor announced Thursday in Jefferson City that the state will be hosting a mega vaccination site at Kansas City’s Arrowhead Stadium next Friday and Saturday, March 19 and 20th.

State Sen. Barbara Washington (D-Kansas City) briefs Capitol reporters in Jefferson City on March 11, 2021, about the Arrowhead Stadium mega vaccinations (photo courtesy of Missouri Governor Parson’s Flickr page)

Governor Mike Parson tells Capitol reporters that his administration is working as quickly as possible to meet the higher vaccine interest in urban populations, while keeping vaccine distribution equitable across the state.

“Two (Missouri) National Guard teams will be on the grounds Friday and Saturday (March 19 and 20) from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. to vaccinate an expected total of six to 7,000 eligible Missourians,” Parson says.

The COVID vaccinations will be administered in Arrowhead Stadium’s parking lot, and not on the Chiefs football field.

“Names of the eligible Missourians will be chosen from a list of those who have previously signed up to receive the vaccine with the Jackson County health department,” says Parson.

The governor says those selected will be notified of their appointment date and time, along with further instructions.

State Sen. Barbara Washington (D-Kansas City), who joined the governor at Thursday’s Jefferson City press conference, is also helping to organize the event. She notes the Arrowhead event is just for Jackson County residents, which includes Kansas City, Raytown and Grandview.

Washington says organizers are working with the Urban League and are also reaching out to the most vulnerable. She notes you must have an appointment.

Senator Washington, who serves on the Senate Health and Pensions Committee, says tents will be set up in Arrowhead Stadium’s parking lot, and says nurses will administer some shots on buses.

Jackson County Executive Frank White, Jackson County health officials, Truman Medical Center, KCATA and state lawmakers like Washington and Senate Minority Leader John Rizzo (D-Independence) are all helping to organize the two-day event.

During the Statehouse press conference, Governor Parson also discussed COVID numbers and says we are winning the fight against COVID. The governor says the numbers continue to trend in the right direction, and he’s emphasizing the state’s balanced approach.

“Missouri is still leading the nation at second-lowest of average daily cases. Our seven-day (COVID) positivity is 4.5, and hospitalizations have dropped below 900,” Parson says.

Missouri vaccinators have now administered more than 1.6 million shots, which includes the first and second doses. That’s 17.5 percent of Missouri’s population.

The state Department of Health and Senior Services’ (DHSS) COVID dashboard says Missouri vaccinators are now administering about 33,000 doses per day.

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Filed Under: Business, Health / Medicine, Legislature, Military, News, Transportation Tagged With: Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, COVID, Grandview, Jackson County Executive Frank White, Jackson County Health Department, Kansas City, KCATA, mega vaccination site, Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, Missouri Governor Mike Parson, Missouri National Guard, Missouri Senate Minority Leader John Rizzo, Raytown, State Sen. Barbara Washington, Truman Medical Center, Urban League

Missouri’s coronavirus count hits 17

March 18, 2020 By Alisa Nelson

Missouri’s coronavirus count hits 17

The Jackson County Health Department in western Missouri has announced a second case of COVID-19 – a man in his 40s who recently traveled internationally. Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City is also reporting today that a patient there has tested positive for coronavirus. These latest cases boost Missouri’s count of the respiratory illness to 17.

Other cases include:
Greene County – 4,
St. Louis County – 4,
Cass County – 2,
Henry County – 1,
Boone County – 1,
Cole County – 1,
St. Louis City – 1,
Jackson County – 1.

COVID-19 has infected more than 179,000 people across the world, including about 4,200 in America. Roughly 7,400 people have died from the disease.

For more information about the virus, visit the CDC’s website and the DHSS website or call Missouri’s COVID-19 hotline 24 hours a day at 877-435-8411 with questions.

Filed Under: Health / Medicine, Legislature, News, Politics / Govt Tagged With: Children’s Mercy Hospital, coronavirus, COVID-19, Jackson County Health Department



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