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Vernon County Health Department expands testing, hires contact tracers and plans outdoor flu clinics
Summary
Interim Director Amy Kleiber said Vernon County has held four community COVID-19 testing events, will have National Guard support every other week for broader testing access, hired four part-time public health nurses and eight contact tracers with federal funding, and is planning 16 outdoor flu clinics.
Interim Health Director Amy Kleiber told the Vernon County Board of Health Oct. 8 that the department has expanded COVID-19 testing and staffing to meet rising case counts in parts of the county.
Kleiber said the health department and Emergency Management held four community testing events, most recently on Oct. 6. She and Emergency Management Director Brandon Larson said the National Guard will provide a squad to…
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