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Monroe County health department: wastewater virus levels high; free combo COVID/flu tests available
Summary
Health department staff told commissioners that wastewater monitoring shows elevated COVID-19, flu, RSV and norovirus levels, that emergency visits and hospital admissions have not increased, and that free combo COVID/flu tests are available weekdays at the county health department; vaccine services are transitioning to county provision in mid-March.
Miss Kelly of the Monroe County Health Department briefed the Board of Commissioners on Feb. 12 about recent surveillance and testing updates. She said wastewater surveillance for Monroe County shows increased concentrations of SARS-CoV-2, influenza, RSV and norovirus even though emergency-department visits and hospital admissions for COVID-like illness have not risen.
"According to the Indiana Department of Health, we…
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