Healthcare and Business Facing Similar COVID-19 Challenges

Tuesday, June 29, 2021 at 12:00 AM

By Scott McCaulley @smcckc

The spike is COVID-19 Cases has caused Healthcare Facilities to face similar issues as businesses, too many people to serve with to few workers.

Lynne Yaggy, Chief Nursing Officer and Vice President of Clinical Services at Cox Medical Center Branson, says during on interview on KRZK’s “Ozarks Now” program that due to a nurse shortage, Cox has had to split COVID Patients between their facilities and others in the region.

Yaggy also said that the COVID-19 Vaccine has proved as effective against the Delta Variant as it has the original virus.

The complete interview with Lynne Yaggy is below:

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