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Columbia County health director reports norovirus outbreaks, board approves health appointments and several grants
Summary
The county health director told supervisors the season brought multiple norovirus outbreaks and COVID deaths in assisted-living facilities. The board approved two Board of Health appointments and accepted several public-health grants and a preschool services contract.
Columbia County Health Department Director Victoria McGann told the Health and Human Services Committee on Jan. 14 that the county has seen multiple norovirus outbreaks this winter alongside COVID and flu activity, and that two recent COVID deaths had occurred among residents of assisted-living facilities.
McGann said the county’s reported totals were lower than some prior years but that not every facility reports, and added that vaccination uptake appears to be declining. “Lots of norovirus, lots of COVID, lots of flu,” McGann said, noting outbreaks in long-term care facilities and that…
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