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Missouri Gov. Mike Parson on Wednesday announced the first coronavirus death in the state happened in Boone County, without providing further details.
Columbia Mayor Brian Treece said the case was travel-related and the individual is the same person who tested positive for COVID-19 Tuesday in Boone County. Treece previously said that individual was in their 60s, the Columbia Daily Tribune reported.
University of Missouri Health Care issued a press release that it had treated a case.
Drive-thru testing of people with for people with mild symptoms whoxe2x80x99ve been assessed by a provider either through a clinic or video visit will begin at MU Health Care on Wednesday, the release stated. Once fully operational, the testing will be open from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. daily in the MU softball stadium parking lot.
MU Health Care is working with a local vendor to make rapid testing available within hours, the release said.
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In a news conference at his Missouri Capitol office, Gov. Mike Parson announced steps that include relaxing rules on public assistance programs and to urge Missourians to take the pandemic seriously.
Parson reported that 432 out of 555 school districts and charter schools have closed or are closing and that xe2x80x9cadditional restrictive measuresxe2x80x9d will be announced.
xe2x80x9cI donxe2x80x99t think coronavirus will be here for a week or two,xe2x80x9d Parson said.
Parson ordered the statexe2x80x99s 13 casinos to close until at least March 30th.
All strippers now have been officially ordered to self "Quarantino" regardless of how much cocaine/meth they have done!!!


