Welcome to Shannon County Health Center
This is the Shannon County Health Center’s official website for agency information and updates. If you have questions about this site, or need further assistance, please call us at 573-226-3914 or toll-free at 800-777-3915. We are open Monday thru Friday, 7:30 am – 4:00 pm, except for Federal and State holidays, Good Friday and the day after Thanksgiving.
May 11, 2023, marked the end of the federal COVID-19 public health emergency declaration. Shannon County mobilized and sustained a historic response to the COVID-19 pandemic. We now find ourselves at a different point in the pandemic – with more tools and resources than ever before to better protect ourselves and our communities.
We have now shifted from a pandemic to an endemic phase of the disease, which means that COVID-19 will continue to circulate in our community, just as influenza, strep, and other diseases do. As the virus mutates and new variants arise, we may see new waves of infections. However, we cannot predict when and how bad these new waves will be.
This also means that we will transition away from monitoring cases, including contact tracing efforts (except in vulnerable populations), to monitoring disease severity and societal impact. We will no longer report weekly data, but will alert the community when we become aware of a spike in COVID-19 cases. Vaccine, testing & therapeutics will continue as long as federal resources persist, but will shift to traditional health care delivery over time.
If you would like to get COVID-19 statistical reports, go to the CDC COVID Data Tracker at: CDC COVID Data Tracker: https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#datatracker-home
For more information on the novel coronavirus, please visit the CDC Covid-19 webpage at:
www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov
or the Missouri Dept. of Health and Senior Services webpage at: www.health.mo.gov/living/healthcondiseases/communicable/novel-coronavirus
Feel free to browse our comprehensive site or feel free to contact us.
