Incident Commander Farr Comments on COVID 19 Omicron Variant
KGVO reached out to Missoula City County Health Department’s Incident Commander Cindy Farr for local reaction to the newest development with COVID 19 called the Omicron Variant.
Vaccinations
New Missoula Daily COVID 19 Case Record Set on Saturday at 157
The Delta Variant of COVID 19 has caused new case numbers to explode in the past few weeks in Missoula County, resulting in a new daily record set over the weekend.
Health Officer Defends MCPS Decision to Keep Masks in Schools
Although the Missoula City County Health Department did not have any direct contact with MCPS, Hellgate Elementary and Target Range School districts to provide counsel on the DPHHS emergency ruling on masks this week, Health Officer D’Shane Barnett spoke to KGVO News about the subject on Thursday.
UM Opens with Residence Halls at Full Capacity – COVID Protocols
It’s a brand new school year at the University of Montana after Monday night’s convocation ceremony following the first full day of classes.
UM to Recommend but not Require Masks as Fall Semester Begins
Masks will be recommended but not required on the University of Montana campus for students and visitors as the fall semester gets underway later this month.
Health Department to Offer COVID 19 Vaccination House Calls
The Missoula City County Health Department announced this week that they will be accepting appointments to make house calls for COVID 19 vaccinations.
Missoula Vaccination Team Official Provides COVID 19 Update
Nick Holloway, Public Information Officer for the Missoula City County Health Department Vaccination Team spoke to KGVO News on Thursday to provide an update on vaccination numbers.
Health Officer – We’re Ready for April 1 But We Need the Vaccine
Missoula City County Health Officer Ellen Leahy told KGVO News on Tuesday that she and the health department were not caught off guard by Governor Greg Gianforte’s announcement that all Montanans will be eligible to be vaccinated starting April 1.
Gianforte says April 1 is when All Montanans can be Vaccinated
Montana Governor Greg Gianforte announced an aggressive schedule to open up all in the state to be vaccinated for COVID 19 starting on April 1
Granite Pharmacy to Vaccinate MCPS Teachers with Doses from Feds
Missoula’s Granite Pharmacy will be vaccinating all Missoula County Public School teachers and staff this week, according to MCPS Public Information Officer Hatton Littman.
Missoula County Vaccine Team Operating at 98 Percent Efficiency
Numbers released on Friday by the Missoula County COVID 19 Vaccination Team show it’s efficiency even outperforms the State of Montana DPHHS.
Missoula Health Department – We Can’t Start Phase 1 B Plus Yet
Despite the fact that the Montana DPHHS and Greg Gianforte plan to begin vaccinating those in Phase 1 B Plus begins on Monday, it may be several weeks before Missoula can join in