Head of St. Louis Pandemic Task Force being deployed
St. LOUIS (AP) — Dr. Alex Garza, the head of the St. Louis area’s pandemic task force, will be deployed…
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Sharp drop in COVID-19 cases brings ‘new phase,’ end to task force briefings
ST. LOUIS – The tone at the last regular news briefing of the St. Louis Metropolitan Pandemic Task Force was…
CDC updates rules for the vaccinated; exclusive interview with Dr. Garza
ST. LOUIS • Dr. Alex Garza, the St. Louis Metropolitan Pandemic Task Force commander, shared some of the new CDC guidelines…
Local officials hope, worry as virus strains health system
ST. LOUIS – Officials entered 2021 with the hope that vaccines will eventually eliminate the scourge of COVID-19, but also…
Missouri hospitals see glimmer of hope in COVID-19 stats
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri hospitals are beginning to see a glimmer of hope as new cases of COVID-19 decline,…
As holidays loom, hospitals ‘can’t keep up this tempo’
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Dr. Alex Garza is warning that doctors and nurses are becoming exhausted as the virus surges…
‘Time of war’: Hospitals short of staff, ICU beds
St. Louis-area hospitals are seeing 20 patients die every day. “That is 20 people a day who won’t be going…
‘Act fast, act decisively’ to save lives, pandemic chief warns
ST. LOUIS – The COVID-19 wave is a looming tsunami, Dr. Alex Garza, head of the St. Louis Metropolitan Pandemic…
Missouri COVID-19 hospitalizations set records, with death toll rising
(AP) — The new surge of the coronavirus was evident in Missouri on Thursday, with record hospitalizations in St. Louis…
St. Louis hospitals filling; record virus deaths in Kansas City
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Area hospitals are filling up with coronavirus patients at an alarming rate, and experts say many…
Hospital staff ‘demoralized’ as admissions rise in Missouri
(AP) — Hospital workers are “over-worked and demoralized” after months of battling the coronavirus, and the worst may be yet…
Area’s COVID-19 rise plus flu worry Garza
ST. LOUIS – Rising COVID-19 numbers in the metropolitan area make Dr. Alex Garza a worried man. Garza, the leader of…
Missouri reports more than 1,500 new virus cases, 1 death
(AP) — Missouri’s health department reported more than 1,500 new coronavirus cases on Thursday, as the number of infections since…
COVID-19 joins heat, humidity in making city a hot spot
ST. LOUIS – Blazing heat, humidity and COVID-19 are making the St. Louis area a hot spot. Even the White…
Extending stay-at-home order is ‘right thing to do,’ Garza asserts
ST. LOUIS – Dr. Alex Garza, head of the St. Louis Metropolitan Pandemic Task Force, praised local leaders’ decision to…