St. Louis Pandemic Task Forece Gives Final Briefing

With political leaders on stage, Dr. Alexander Garza,incident commander of the St. Louis Pandemic Task Force since it formed inApril 2020, gives the final briefing during a press conference in St. Louis on Monday, June 14, 2021. The task force has given daily updates, detailing the increases and decreases in COVID-19 trends in St. Louis area hospitals. Garza stressed that while the briefings are ending, the pandemic is not. Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI