Listen to the story. The Washtenaw County Board of Commissioners allocated an additional $1.5 million to the Washtenaw County Health Department in December for COVID-19 response. Board Chair Jason Morgan says the funds will be used to help with the distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine, purchase additional personal protective equipment if it’s needed by office employees, and to keep funding health screening stations at the entrance of county buildings. Board Chair Jason Morgan: We are definitely going to have to continue a lot of these safety measures for quite some time. I would say throughout 2021 given that the vaccine is not 100% effective and it’s going to take quite a while to make sure that everyone in our community is vaccinated.