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Reno County health director outlines COVID-19 preparedness plan, urges local coordination with hospitals
Summary
Public Health Director Nick Baldetti told the Reno County Commission that COVID-19 is likely to reach local communities, described KDHE coordination, testing capacity at the state lab, and urged planning with hospitals and emergency management; he provided a handout and compared COVID-19 figures with seasonal influenza.
Nick Baldetti, director of the Reno County Health Department, briefed the county commission on March 3 on local preparedness for COVID-19, telling commissioners “it is a matter of when versus if it is gonna come to our local communities.” Baldetti described ongoing coordination with the Kansas Department of Health and Environment and with local medical partners, and said a Feb. 13 meeting convened hospitals and clinics to map roles for isolation, testing and disease investigation.
Baldetti said KDHE runs weekly calls for local public-health officials and that KDHE — working with the state emergency management division — encourages local stakeholders to plan now for how…
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