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EAST WENATCHEE â The Chelan-Douglas Health District has hired Luke Davies as its permanent administrator.
Davies accepted the position on Monday, Interim Health District Administrator Nathan Weed said in an email he sent to Chelan-Douglas Board of Health members and others.
Davies is the program officer at the University of Washington for the International Training and Education Center for Health. He will start on Jan. 11.
The Chelan-Douglas Board of Health made the selection on Dec. 7 after going through an interview process with several candidates, during a special meeting.Â
Davies is an Eastmont High School graduate, Weed said in his email. He attended Seattle Pacific University and worked coordinating a field hospital in the Dominican Republic, where he helped manage a cholera outbreak.
Health district reports two more COVID-19 deaths in Chelan County ifiberone.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from ifiberone.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
WENATCHEE â Two more people have died from COVID-19 in Chelan County, and the number of people hospitalized continues to grow.
The people who died were a woman in her 90s and a man in his 70s, according to information provided Monday by the Chelan-Douglas Health District. The last reported death was Wednesday. Chelan County has now had 31 deaths from COVID-19, Douglas County has had seven deaths.
Free testing
People can get free COVID-19 testing provided by LifeLine Ambulance at the Town Toyota Center.
According to a news release from the ambulance company, they will be holding the free testing on the following days:
EAST WENATCHEE - On Wednesday, Dr. Malcom Butler, health officer of the Chelan-Douglas Health District and chief medical officer at Columbia Valley Community Health, expressed his frustrations with what he