Omicron Running Rampant
January 24, 2022 8:53AM CST
Doctor in protective gloves & workwear holding open test tube and taking out sampling swab for novel Covid-19 test in laboratory.
(Jefferson City) The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services says at least 80-percent of the state’s covid-19 cases are now the omicron variant.
A different version of monoclonal antibody treatment must be used to help patients with mild to moderate coronavirus recover from the disease.
D-H-S-S spokesperson Lisa Cox says the state’s demand for the treatment drug surpasses the supply.
Missouri reported that as of last Friday, more than 63-thousand new COVID cases over the past seven days and 29 confirmed deaths.