Before receiving your COVID-19 vaccine, please review the pre-vaccine check list found here.  If you answer yes to any questions, it doesn’t mean you cannot be vaccinated.  If you have any questions please call our office or ask who is administering your vaccine.  You do not need to bring this to your vaccination event.

Please fill out a consent form and bring it with you to receive your vaccine.

If you are being vaccinated in group 1B, fill out the consent form found here.

Please bring a copy of your insurance card.

Review Missouri DHSS Notice of Privacy Practices here

 

December 29, 2020

The Macon County Health Department has been approved to provide COVID-19 vaccinations.

The COVID-19 vaccine will be distributed in phases which have been determined based on risk level as set by the Department of Health and Human Services per CDC instructions.  Following is a summary of these phases:

• Phase 1A – Healthcare workers, many long-term care facility residents and staff
• Phase 1B – High risk adult populations, residents over 65 years of age, critical infrastructure workers, first responders, remainder of long-term care residents
• Phase 2 – Populations at increased risk to include prisoners and homeless
• Phase 3 – Widespread availability for all Missouri residents

Two vaccines have been approved for use from Pfizer and Moderna, and the limited number allotted to Missouri is being used to vaccinate long term care facilities and healthcare workers.  DHSS anticipates Phase 1A to take until late January 2021 to complete before beginning vaccinations for those in Phase 1B.   These timelines will be adjusted based on vaccine availability moving forward.

The Macon County Health Department has a waiting list available for those who want the vaccine according to their phase.

Contact the Macon County Health Department with questions and to get on the waiting list at 660-395-4711, or, visit the health department’s web site maconmohealth.org/covidvaccine.  Information on the COVID-19 vaccine in Missouri can be found at covidvaccine.mo.gov.

December 14, 2020

Subject: DHSS Statement on Newly-Modified CDC Guidance Regarding COVID Quarantine for Asymptomatic Individuals

The Macon County Health Department Board of Trustees has voted to adopt most of the CDC guideline for asymptomatic individuals as written in the DHSS statement document provided to public health agencies on December 7, 2020 by Adam Crumbliss, Director of the Division of Community and Public Health.

Regarding early release from quarantine, the Board of Trustees voted to adopt: End to quarantine after the completion of 10 full days for ASYMPTOMATIC individuals, provided that monitoring continues throughout the full 14 days and, if a symptom develops, the individual immediately isolates and contact a public health authority or healthcare provider.

The Board of Trustees also voted to use the County Action Plan risk advisory to determine the implementation date of when this guidance will be enacted.  Macon County Health Department routinely monitors the county’s 7-day case rate and 7-day positivity rate from the ShowMe Strong dashboard.  As of this date, the county is still in Category 1: Extreme Risk with a 7-day positivity rate of 21.7% and 7-day case rate of 231.5 per 100,000.  Both data sets are required to be in the same category level to move down to a lower tier as demonstrated on page 2 of this release.  Enactment date of this guideline will depend on Macon County’s ability to reach the Category 3 County Action Plan tier and maintain this level for 7 days, as recommended in the DHSS December 7 statement document and detailed in the DHSS State of Missouri Public Health Warning guidance issued by the Governor’s office on November 19, 2020.

Both documents, the Governor’s Public Health Warning and the DHSS Statement on Newly-Modified CDC Guidance are attached to this release, for clarification.

Health Department Board of Trustees voted not to adopt the 7-day test out option.