Today, KMOX Health Editor Fred Bodimer begins a daily podcast titled "Coronavirus: Getting Out the Facts on COVID-19" He is joined by Dr. Fred Buckhold, a SLU Care general internist at SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital, who explains why he supports Gov. Pritzker's decision to close restaurants to dine-in customers.
Important phone numbers during this Coronavirus outbreak: Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services -- COVID-19 Hotline -- for those with symptoms: 877-435-8411 Illinois Department of Public Health -- COVID-19 Hotline -- 800-889-3931 or email DPH.SICK@ILLINOIS.GOV St. Louis County Health Department -- COVID-19 Hotline -- 314-615-2660. Or call 2-1-1 for generic COVID-19 questions. 314--615-0500 if you have no doctor. St. Louis City Health Department -- 314-657-1499 St. Charles County COVID-19 Information hotline -- 636-949-1899 Jefferson County Health Department -- 636-797-3737 St. Clair County Health Department -- 618-233-7703 Madison County Health Department -- 618-692-8954 Monroe County Health Department -- 618-939-3871 Mercy's COVID-19 Drive-thru Clinical Support Line -- 314-251-0500