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Originally published on April 14, 2021 11:03 pm Members of the McLean County Board of Health said Wednesday that it's a priority to maintain the county’s full COVID-19 contact tracing program. The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) has OK'd extending the program through Dec. 31. County health department administrator Jessica McKnight explained, however, that current funding won't cover the 50-person staff through that date. During Wednesday’s board meeting, she and the department's clinical services administrator, Tammy Brook, shared a staffing reduction plan: cutting tracers...

The McLean County Board of Health meets Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021. The continuing COVID pandemic, and the challenges facing the health department because of it, were the focus of Wednesday’s McLean County Board of Health meeting.  The department is developing long-term plans beyond spring, but still is unable to plan out for vaccine quantities for more than a week at a time, said administrator Jessica McKnight. MCHD learns Wednesday or Thursday how many doses will arrive the following week. And on Friday, staff learns if vaccine for second doses -- to be given a month after a first dose -- ...