South St. Louis County News

St. Louis Call Newspapers

South St. Louis County News

St. Louis Call Newspapers

South St. Louis County News

St. Louis Call Newspapers

A nurse at Mercy Hospital South prepares the first dose of Pfizer/BioNTechs COVID-19 vaccine for Mercys Chief Medical officer Aamina Akhtar Monday, Dec. 14. Mercy South planned to vaccinate 20 workers Dec. 14 and another 20 staffers Dec. 15.

Page says ‘tidal wave’ coming for those who aren’t vaccinated

By Erin Achenbach, News Editor July 12, 2021

Rates of new COVID-19 infections are rising in St. Louis County, and County Executive Sam Page issued a warning to those who have not been vaccinated: “a tidal wave is coming.”  At a media brief...

The Call’s General Manager Bill Milligan, left, gets the COVID-19 vaccine at a mass vaccination event Feb. 23 in Canton, Missouri, population 2,377. Milligan traveled from South County, population of more than 100,000, which had not had a single mass vaccine event at press time.

Hunt for vaccines sends South County residents across state

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor March 16, 2021

Missouri’s vaccine rollout continues to frustrate St. Louis residents who are driving hours to get the COVID-19 vaccine, as state officials sent mixed messages about whether they would be directing more...

A paramedic from the Fenton Fire Protection District gives a COVID-19 vaccine shot to a woman in the community room at the Affton Fire Protection District headquarters on Gravois Road while St. Louis County Executive Sam Page visited Feb. 12, 2021.

St. Louis County halts vaccines as shipments dry up from state

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor February 16, 2021

St. Louis County officials paused COVID-19 vaccine efforts last week due to a lack of vaccine supply from the state, despite the county kicking off mass vaccine efforts by opening four vaccine sites and...

Coronavirus vaccine is light at end of tunnel

Coronavirus vaccine is light at end of tunnel

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor December 10, 2020

Widespread prevention of the COVID-19  virus is still many months away despite at least three new vaccines that could start distribution as soon as this month. The vaccines signal a potential end to...

An Oakville High School student sews during class as students returned for two weeks in October-November 2020, before the announcement that they would return to all-virtual learning until January 2021.

Hospitals near capacity as virus surging locally and across state

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor November 16, 2020

St. Louis health leaders appealed to Missouri Gov. Mike Parson to issue a statewide mask mandate and stay-at-home advisory as a surge in COVID-19 cases overwhelms hospitals including Mercy Hospital South,...

‘Code Sunshine’ is a welcome birthday gift: After being admitted for COVID-19 to Mercy Hospital South on his daughter’s birthday, April 2, Bill finally went home in late April with his wife, Lynn – on his own 68th birthday. Bill, a COVID-19 patient who only wanted to provide his first name, spent three weeks at Mercy Hospital South, with a week on a ventilator and two weeks in intensive care.

St. Louis County weighs new COVID-19 restrictions as cases set new peaks

By Rudi Keller, Missouri Independent November 9, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic continued to rage out of control in Missouri over the weekend as the St. Louis metro area considers new coronavirus restrictions and lawmakers travel to Jefferson City to vote on...

The St. Louis Metropolitan Pandemic Task Force presented this slide Sept. 9, 2020, showing Oakville with the most cases of any other ZIP code in the 15-county region.

Oakville still adds more COVID-19 cases than any other ZIP code, but cases trending down from August highs

September 11, 2020

Oakville is again the ZIP code seeing the highest number of new COVID-19 cases in the entire St. Louis metropolitan region, but the number of cases is down from the highs of a month ago. The St. Louis...

The slide shown by the St. Louis Metropolitan Pandemic Task Force last week that singled out South County as a coronavirus hotspot.

South County again singled out as a hotspot for the coronavirus

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor September 1, 2020

The St. Louis region saw its largest single-day spike in COVID-19 hospital admissions last week since the pandemic started, and once again, South County is being singled out by a task force of area hospitals...

South County and Jefferson County are again identified as coronavirus hotspots Monday, this time with Affton, Hillsboro and Festus singled out.

St. Louis region sees largest one-day spike in COVID-19 patients so far; South County again singled out as hotspot

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor August 26, 2020

The St. Louis region saw its largest single-day spike in COVID-19 hospital admissions Wednesday since the pandemic started, and once again, South County is being singled out by a task force of area hospitals...

Members of the Lindbergh High School Class of 2020 graduate in masks at an outdoor drive-in graduation at the PowerPlex in Hazelwood in June 2020.

As school starts, teenagers are the leading age group for new COVID-19 cases in St. Louis County

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor August 26, 2020

More teenagers in St. Louis County are testing positive for the coronavirus than any other age group just as schools are back in session with fall activities and sports. County Executive Sam Page drew...

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