Bates County MO Emergency Management Agency

If you are a licensed healthcare provider certified to administer vaccines please keep reading. We are hoping to get a mass COVID vaccination event here in Bates County, but in order to do so we have to be able to provide 10-15 vaccine administrators over about and 8-9-hour time frame. If you are retired, work part time or don’t work any longer and you would be willing to volunteer please let us know.... https://batescomo.net/bates-county-health-center-looking-f/

COVID-19 UpdatesJanuary 25, 2021Positive Cases Reported: 1251Active & On Isolation: 35Deaths (confirmed by death certificate): 24Total Negative Tests Reported: 10376 as of 1/24/21 (From the EMD). We are starting to get some people vaccinated in Bates county! I spoke with a lady today, who, with her husband had just gotten their first dose yesterday! Dennis Jacobs, Bates County Emergency Management Agency. https://batescomo.net/update-from-the-bates-county-health-/

A winter storm with heavy snowfall is expected to impact portions of northeast Kansas into northern Missouri on Monday. The highest snowfall totals will be north of a line from St Joseph to Kirksville, where snow totals in excess of 6 inches will be possible. South of that line, there will be a sharp cut off in snow totals as rain is primarily expected.... https://batescomo.net/from-the-national-weather-service-1-/

Does Isolation & Quarantine have you confused?What are the differences in isolation & quarantine and timeframes for both?*Isolation is a 10-day period of staying away from other people for an individual that has tested positive for COVID-19.*Quarantine is the 14-day period of time that an individual that has been exposed to someone that is positive for COVID-19 is kept away from others to prevent the disease from spreading should they come down with symptoms after their known exposure.... https://batescomo.net/from-the-bates-county-health-center-4/