Still No Peak From Surge Of Omicron Variant

Still No Peak From Surge Of Omicron Variant

Still No Peak From Surge Of Omicron Variant

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The latest surge of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 is stretching the local health care system to its limits.

CoxHealth has more than 500 workers out with the virus, or about four-percent of its work force.

Mercy has over 330 out.

Springfield-Greene County Health Director Katie Towns says the surge hasn’t peaked yet.

She says it could be another couple of weeks.

But Towns says even if that happens, it would still take several weeks for cases to decline.

The health department started handing out free masks at local libraries on Tuesday.

The Library Center in Springfield ran out.

Another 15,000 masks were supposed to be handed out on Wednesday.

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