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Nurses are the only employees at most schools able to get COVID-19 vaccines right now. State education officials don't know when vaccines will be available for teachers and other school staff.
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About 105,000 health care workers in Missouri have received their first dose of the two-shot vaccine. That’s about one-third of the state’s more than 350,000 patient-facing health care workers.
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Missouri expects to receive the first doses of the coronavirus vaccine next week, state health officials said on Friday. The federal Food and Drug Administration is expected to approve a vaccine from drug developer Pfizer. Missouri officials have said the immunizations are the key to bringing an end to the pandemic that has killed nearly 5,000 Missourians and sickened hundreds of thousands more. The state will initially receive 51,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine. Those doses will be used to vaccinate workers at select health care facilities.
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Missouri Says Coronavirus Vaccinations Are Coming In January, Kansas City Patients Get New TreatmentMissouri health officials say they anticipate that long-term care facility residents and staff, and health care workers could get the vaccine by the end of January. Kansas City hospitals are seeking more of an antibody therapy in hopes of keeping COVID-19 patients out of their dwindling number of hospital beds.