COVID Updates Archives - Dent County Health Center

Influenza, COVID-19, and other illnesses on the rise, CDC COVID Risk is “Medium”

By Zachary Moser December 28, 2023COVID Updates, COVID-19, Public Service Announcements

Dent County residents should be aware of the currently circulating respiratory illnesses affecting our county so they may make informed choices. Over 200 cases of COVID-19 have been reported in…

COVID-19 Update

By Zachary Moser August 24, 2023COVID Updates

As our children and teachers go back to school this week, we're facing another potential increase in COVID-19 cases. The start of school has historically been a time of increased…

COVID Dashboard and Update 5-19-23

By Zachary Moser May 19, 2023COVID Dashboards, COVID Updates

Ending of Federal Emergency This is the final COVID-19 Dashboard that will be published by the Dent County Health Center. On May 11th, 2023, the Federal Emergency ended, and with…

Updates to COVID-19 Vaccine Guidelines

By Zachary Moser April 24, 2023COVID Updates, Immunizations

On April 18th, 2023, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration amended the emergency use authorizations (EUAs) of the Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 bivalent mRNA vaccines to simplify the vaccination schedule…

COVID Dashboard 3-23-23

By Zachary Moser March 23, 2023COVID Dashboards, COVID Updates

COVID has slightly increased since the beginning of the year, but we are nowhere near the levels of early 2021 or 2022, and most importantly, very few cases of hospitalizations…

Omicron Boosters Now Available

By Dent County Health Center September 14, 2022COVID Updates

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COVID Misinformation

By Dent County Health Center September 10, 2022COVID Updates

COVID-19 Misinformation Alert: Viral social media posts are falsely claiming that ivermectin is an approved COVID-19 treatment, while vaccines and masks have failed. The most common claim is that the…

Bivalent (Omicron) Boosters Authorized

By Dent County Health Center September 1, 2022COVID Updates

Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration amended the emergency use authorizations (EUAs) of the Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine and the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine to authorize bivalent formulations of the vaccines…

CDC updates COVID-19 Mitigation recommendations – removes quarantine

By Dent County Health Center August 12, 2022COVID Updates

As SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, continues to circulate globally, high levels of vaccine- and infection-induced immunity and the availability of effective treatments and prevention tools have substantially reduced…

Missouri COVID-19 Hotline to Close

By Dent County Health Center June 30, 2022COVID Updates

The Missouri COVID-19 hotline will close effective July 1, 2022. For questions regarding COVID-19, please visit http://www.health.mo.gov and use the COVID-19 resources available. If you are calling about getting vaccinated,…