© 2024 KRCU Public Radio
90.9 Cape Girardeau | 88.9-HD Ste. Genevieve | 88.7 Poplar Bluff
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations
Local business leaders, politicians, experts and scientists.All are fair game on KRCU's Going Public.Join us for interviews and features that matter to you on KRCU's Going Public.

Going Public: MO Director Of Department Of Health And Senior Services On Nursing Homes And Pandemic

Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services

 

In early August, the Associated Press reported that COVID-19 had resulted in the deaths of 502 people living in nursing home facilities. 

KRCU’s Clayton Hester speaks to Dr. Randall Williams, Director of the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services about what this level of deaths means for the state, what can be done about it, and what’s been done.

Later in the interview, Dr. Williams speaks about student safety as colleges head into a new semester.