OMICRON Surge Puts Pressure on Hospitals Staff and Services

(Missourinet) As the Omicron variant picks of steam in Missouri, many of the state’s healthcare workers and services continue to feel the pressure of the pandemic. In northwest Missouri, Mosaic Life Care officials are not pressing the panic button, yet. But officials do say COVID-19 cases are surging in its five-county service area. Mosaic CEO, Dr. Mark Laney, says about 100 Mosaic caregivers are out due to COVID, placing a real strain on the medical system…

Mosaic officials say the patient numbers rival what Mosaic saw a year ago.