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Historical Summer 2020 article. Dates, prices, services and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.
Over the next few months, we will see how well our efforts at social distancing have slowed the spread of COVID-19, the virus that has taken hundreds of lives in the St. Louis region.
The City acted early in reducing crowding and encouraging people to stay home so that first responders could handle the influx of cases from the coronavirus that has made its way across the globe.
With a vaccine a ways off and a lack of state and federal leadership, the City has worked to increase the number of testing kits available, especially in the hardest hit areas.
While the first cases were being detected in people who traveled internationally, they quickly spread to communities that already faced their unfair share of health and medical burdens. St. Louis was one of the first cities to record the race of people testing positive and dying from the virus.
This awareness helped increase resources to communities at greatest risk for contracting the virus.
The work ahead of us is robust contact tracing to monitor people who have come in contact with the virus, to prevent it from spreading, and to provide resources to those affected.
I have been inspired by the efforts of health care workers, teachers, parents, musicians, neighbors, grocery store workers, delivery drivers, and so many more who are giving all that they can to help our community get through this together.
Please continue to follow guidelines from the CDC and the City’s Health Department regarding social distancing.
The City’s website, www.stlouis-mo.gov/covid and preparestl.com are good resources for the most up to date information on testing centers, resources for small businesses, and details on phasing in the reopening of our city. And please contact me with any questions or concerns, navarroh@stlouis-mo.gov.
Originally published in The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, Summer 2020.
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