Appleton health officer Chuck Sepers Q&A on COVID-19, public health
Sepers, who was previously a health officer in Nebraska, said he was drawn to Appleton's progressive public health policies.
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Sepers, who was previously a health officer in Nebraska, said he was drawn to Appleton's progressive public health policies.
As of last week, the city's public coronavirus dashboard listed 81 deaths due to COVID-19; on Monday, it increased to 149 deaths.
The number of students with positive cases or in quarantine has declined drastically since a month ago, when the mandate was extended.
Fearful for their safety, Latino essential workers in Nebraska reluctant to get vaccinated Ali Gostanian and Adrianne Morales © Provided by NBC News Throughout the pandemic, R.S., a janitor at Tyson Foods in Dakota City, Nebraska, has been working 17- to 18-hour shifts to keep the building clean and safe for her fellow employees. The 39-year-old, who immigrated to the U.S. from El Salvador in 2015, has worked at the meatpacking plant since September 2018. When Covid-19 first began to spread throughout the country last spring, she said the plant and its employees were unprepa...
Sepers Platte County is out of the red or âsevere COVID-19 pandemicâ level of the East-Central District Health Departmentâs risk dial. The risk level is now 2.88, or high orange. Over the last few months, cases and hospitalizations rose with deaths now increasing. Nine deaths have been confirmed this week in the health department's district, which encompasses Platte, Boone, Colfax and Nance counties. ECDHD called the deaths âa new record in the health district,â in its Dec. 11 situation update. âI think (leaving the red level is) a testament to our community for ...