COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
MU Well being Care’s COVID-19 testing clinic on Keene St. has closed its doorways, however the well being system nonetheless gives checks.
Eric Maze, spokesman for MU Well being Care, stated the hospital’s incident command workforce based mostly on case information and group prevalence felt prefer it was time to shut the clinic.
“Our incident command workforce determined now could be the time to cut back and return to extra regular operations,” Maze stated.
The clinic noticed a rise in demand for testing in January when the omicron variant was surging all through the state.
In January, statewide COVID-19 hospitalizations have been at a document excessive with every day numbers round 4,000. Over the previous week, hospitalizations have fallen to close 1,500.
“In January we have been seeing a few thousand individuals per day that we have been testing. Now that quantity has dropped 65 p.c within the final couple weeks,” Maze stated.
In January, the Columbia Boone County well being division reported wherever from 500 to 800 constructive sufferers a day. The well being division reported 28 constructive checks on February twenty third.
Some native pharmacies now not provide the take a look at like Walmart and Walgreens. Boone Well being, Hy-Vee and Columbia Pressing Care provide testing.
MU Well being Care nonetheless has choices for testing.
“We’re making an attempt to maneuver again to extra regular operations the place we’re dealing with testing and vaccination by way of out major care clinics, fast cares and pressing care,” Maze stated.
If circumstances return up, the hospital might re-open the testing web site.
Many pharmacies within the space even have at-home testing kits obtainable together with Kilgores, Flows and D&H Drugstore.
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