[ad_1] KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The COVID-19 pandemic started two years, but Missouri and Kansas endured the highest infection rate for any month during the outbreak last month — and it’s not particularly close. With the arrival of the highly transmissible omicron variant and with the delta variant still circulating, nearly 27% of all confirmed […]
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[ad_1] COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) New COVID-19 deaths are dropping in Missouri even as hospitals are seeing more patients than during previous pandemic waves. More than 13,000 Missourians have died because of COVID-19 since the pandemic started nearly two years ago. However, according to Missouri’s most recent COVID-19 data, the state’s death rate is dropping. According […]
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[ad_1] As COVID-19 numbers hit record highs across the state, students at the University of Missouri returned to in-person classes last week without a mask requirement in place. Corby Schmitz, a freshman at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, says that’s left him anxiously checking if he’s been exposed to the virus in one of his […]
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[ad_1] JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt says his office will file more lawsuits this week against school districts enforcing mask and quarantine requirements. Tuesday morning’s threat came as many schools are working to contain a surge of COVID-19 cases. You can read the full statement from the attorney general below. “School […]
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