Health Officer urges caution amid global surge of COVID-19
Last updated 4/26/2021 at 11:28am
At the Hill County Board of Health’s bi-weekly COVID-19 update Hill County Public Health Director and Health Officer Kim Berg said prevention efforts against COVID-19 must continue amid a global rise in cases. Berg said new cases in Hill County remain below 5 per day per 100,000 residents which is good, but precautions should still be taken given what is happening in the rest of the world. She said Hill County has six active cases, one hospitalization and 21 people in quarantine being tracked by the health department. Berg also said, this week the department was made aware of three mor.
Health Department vaccination clinics end this month
Last updated 4/16/2021 at 12:03pm
At Thursdayâs county officials meeting Hill County Public Health Director and Health Officer Kim Larson said due to a lack of attendance the Hill County Health Department will retire its COVID-19 vaccination clinics at the end of this month. Larson said the clinics have only been drawing 50 people for the last few weeks, so the remaining clinicsâ hours will be reduced to noon to 5 p.m. at Holiday Village Mall for the remainder of their time in operation. She said the department will split their remaining vaccine supply between all providers in the county, but will keep some for ongoin.
LAC discusses uses of grant funds to increase mental health awareness
Last updated 1/12/2021 at 11:48am
Hill County Behavioral Health Local Advisory Council members discussed plans for a $20,000 grant received by the county from the Addictive and Mental Disorders Division of the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services, and how it could be used. LAC Chair Andi Daniel said she spoke with Hill County Public Health Director and Health Officer Kim Larson, who told her that the terms of the grant, which did not include many of the activities council members hoped to use the funds for, could be amended to include training and service increases as possible uses for the funds.
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Hill County Health Director and now Health Officer Kim Larson poses for a photograph outside of the Hill County Health Department in October. Larson said she is pleased with the reduced rate of newly confirmed cases of COVID-19 and hopes people keep up with the actions that have reduced transmission in the county.
Hill County Public Health Director and Health Officer Kim Larson said the community is doing a good job following public health guidelines and the rate of COVID-19 s spread in the county is still falling.