This website is best viewed in a browser that supports web standards.

Skip to content or, if you would rather, Skip to navigation.

Listen Live
Donate
MARYVILLE

KXCV-KRNW


News Brief

April 22, 2021Jefferson City, MO |  By: AP

Vaccine doses fail to reach all rural MO locations

Doses of the coronavirus vaccine that were sent to rural areas of Missouri at the beginning of the state's immunization campaign often didn't reach locals, state data shows.

That means that vaccinations in parts of largely rural southern Missouri have stalled at some of the lowest rates in the country, even though rural areas initially received more doses per person than cities. For instance, 46,000 doses were allocated as of April 13 to a cluster of nine counties in an area of south-central Missouri where West Plains is located. But reports indicate state data shows that only 37,000 doses were administered to the region's 137,110 residents.