The Kansas City Star reports that the dead ranged in age from 40s to 90s. The Springfield-Greene County Health Department reported Tuesday that the deaths were recorded in the two-week reporting period from June 21 to July 4. The Associated Press reports that 17 more people in southwest Missouri died from COVID-19 in a two-week period ending Sunday as the coronavirus surges in the region.
This news comes as the Delta variant of the virus has been spreading rapidly in the area. Require masks whether vaccinated or not.” Our employees in direct healthcare wear masks as required by OSHA in following CDC guidelines, which Many ongoing COVID-19 vaccination clinics. Percentage of our physicians and direct-care staff have already received the vaccination in one of our Physicians and other staff have responded very favorably to the need for COVID-19 vaccination. Mask-wearing policy and restricted visitor guidelines for everyone’s health and well-being. Additionally, we persistently enforce our That said, we strongly encourage employees to get vaccinated. “Freeman is continuing to closely monitor the COVID-19 situation in all our facilities and throughout theĬommunity, but currently, we are not issuing a policy mandating the vaccine to our employees. In response to inquiries about the issue and a recent decision from Mercy Hospital, Freeman Health System says they will not be requiring employees to get the COVID-19 vaccine.įreeman President and CEO Paula Baker issued the following statement: