Stay updated with breaking news from கோரி டெல்லோ. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
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 by more than half from 50 to 20 on June 1, and then to 10 after Aug. 31. The tracers also are trained to work at the county’s COVID-19 call center. ....
Emily Bollinger / WGLT COVID vaccines are still in limited supply, but health officials fear many people still won t get a shot when it s available. McLean County health officials have focused on one segment of the population that may be hardest to reach, a group that has a complicated past with the health care system. Felicia Shaw Felicia Shaw of Bloomington is skeptical about the COVID vaccine. She traces much of that back to the Trump administration. “Our former president, number 45, unfortunately put so much misinformation out there that it s made it hard to know if people are telling the truth,” Shaw said. ....
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 will be shipped the following week. So, it’s quite a complicated system. ....