KGVO News learned on Friday from the Missoula City-County Health Department that the county has been pushed into the high COVID risk level due to a rise in hospitalizations.
Once a month the Missoula County Commissioners travel to the KGVO studios for ‘County Talk’ where all three commissioners answer questions from KGVO's listening and website audiences.
The Missoula City-County Health Department issued a press release on Thursday announcing that they will be winding down their COVID-19 testing services.
The downward trend continues of new COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations for Missoula County, according to Missoula City County Health Director D’Shane Barnett.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued new recommendations this week shortening isolation and quarantine periods for the Omicron variant.
According to the Missoula City County Health Department, nearly 2000 children ages 5 to 11 already have appointments to receive the child dose of the COVID vaccine.
If your doctor has recommended that you receive a COVID 19 booster from Moderna or Johnson and Johnson (Janssen), the Missoula City County Health Department has important news.
At a press conference in Butte on Thursday, Montana Governor Greg Gianforte shared the news that monoclonal antibody treatments are now available in 41 out of 56 counties in the state, for those that have requested the treatments.