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File #: TMP-25410    Version: 1
Type: Board of Health Item Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 9/28/2023 Meeting Body: Board of Health
On agenda: 10/12/2023 Final action:
Enactment date: Enactment #:
Title: a. Director's Report - Rebecca Roesslet Assistant Director Roesslet gave a brief overview of the state of Columbia PHHS. PHHS is still waiting for the updated COVID boosters to arrive and a press release will be sent out when they are available. PHHS is still holding Flu and RSV vaccine clinics for schools and for the general public. PHHS will be holding comfort clinics for those with sensory issues and those who have an aversion to needles. PHHS will have a count of positive COVID and positive flu cases. Roesslet has said she personally knows quite a few people who have tested positive for COVID in recent weeks. PHHS will only count lab tested positive cases and not tests from at-home testing kits. RSV is not reportable and there is not a way to count RSV cases. The mobile shower trailer did a trial run for unhoused individuals. The people who have used the trailer had very positive experiences. One of the showers is ADA accessible. The trailer will not be in use during...
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a. Director's Report - Rebecca Roesslet

 

Assistant Director Roesslet gave a brief overview of the state of Columbia PHHS.  PHHS is still waiting for the updated COVID boosters to arrive and a press release will  be sent out when they are available.  PHHS is still holding Flu and RSV vaccine clinics for schools and for the general public.  PHHS will be holding comfort clinics for those with sensory issues and those who have an aversion to needles.  PHHS will have a count of positive COVID and positive flu cases.  Roesslet has said she personally knows quite a few people who have tested positive for COVID in recent weeks.  PHHS will only count lab tested positive cases and not tests from at-home testing kits.  RSV is not reportable and there is not a way to count RSV cases. 

 

The mobile shower trailer did a trial run for unhoused individuals.  The people who have used the trailer had very positive experiences.  One of the showers is ADA accessible.  The trailer will not be in use during the winter months and will re-open in the spring.  The trailer will most likely remain at the Ashley Street location.

 

City employees are working on contracts for the ARPA funds for the.  Planners are working on re-accreditation for the National Accreditation Board and the yearly community health assessment.