Harry S. Truman Memorial Veterans’ Hospital and the Columbia Vet Center are teaming up to provide mobile COVID-19 screening and testing services coming to the Rolla Lions Club in Rolla on Thursday, July 14. Veterans currently enrolled, or those who qualify for enrollment, will be tested at the clinic.
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Virtual talent show will benefit ALZ research
The Rolla Walk to End Alzheimer’s will hold a Remember Me virtual talent show on July 30 and the deadline to register is July 16. Those 14 and older can submit a pre-recorded two-minute talent video, with the winner receiving a $100 Amazon gift card.
Missouri S&T to require face coverings on campus, in classrooms
To help slow the potential spread of COVID-19 on campus this fall, students, faculty and staff at Missouri University of Science and Technology will wear face coverings in classrooms, labs and common areas or when social distancing is not possible. The requirement will take effect on July 1, 2020, and will continue when the fall semester starts on Aug. 24.
CVS opens COVID-19 test site in Phelps County
CVS Health has opened a COVID-19 test site in Phelps County at 500 Bishop Avenue North in Rolla. The site began seeing patients on Friday, June 19, and will be accepting drive-through testing.
PMCHD reports six new cases on June 23
The Phelps/Maries County Health Department (PMCHD) released information on June 23 regarding six additional positive cases of COVID-19, accounting for cases 11 to 16.