Antigo Times

Top Menu

  • E-Editions
  • Contact Us

Main Menu

  • News
    • Business
  • Covid 19
  • Opinion
  • Courts
  • Arts & Ent
  • Sports
    • Sports News
    • High School Sports Scores
  • Classifieds
    • View Ads
    • Place Ads
  • Legal Ads
    • Our Legals
    • Statewide
  • Obits
  • Video
  • Best of 2022
  • E-Editions
  • Contact Us

logo

Antigo Times

  • News
    • Business
  • Covid 19
  • Opinion
  • Courts
  • Arts & Ent
  • Sports
    • Sports News
    • High School Sports Scores
  • Classifieds
    • View Ads
    • Place Ads
  • Legal Ads
    • Our Legals
    • Statewide
  • Obits
  • Video
  • Best of 2022
Covid 19HealthLocal Interest
Home›Covid 19›COVID-19 Response Updates from the Shawano-Menominee Counties Health Department

COVID-19 Response Updates from the Shawano-Menominee Counties Health Department

By Antigo Times
March 27, 2020
2566
0

FROM THE SHAWANO-MENOMINEE COUNTIES HEALTH DEPARTMENT

Menominee, Shawano — COVID-19 has surprised us all with the level of impact is has had on our lives. We have taken some important steps to fight COVID-19 and we applaud all of the efforts our counties and tribes have taken
to respond to this pandemic. Now is the time for us to collectively do all we can to protect the health and safety of our community.

On March 24, 2020, Governor Evers issued the Safer at Home Order. Our entire state must take steps together. This is a big challenge and it is important that we all take this seriously. Lives are at stake.

In Shawano and Menominee Counties, while we currently have more than 30 negative tests and many more are waiting for results or being tested, we are still watching for our first confirmed positive case. We know there is illness in the community and it is likely we have COVID-19 among us. With limited testing available to detect a confirmed case, we encourage you to keep watching for any signs or symptoms and to stay home as much as possible, but especially if you have illness.

Also, please continue to follow other everyday measures to help protect yourself and others:
– Cover your coughs and sneezes with your sleeve or a disposable tissue, and wash your hands after coughing or sneezing.
– Wash your hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds, especially before eating, before touching your face, after going to the bathroom, and after sneezing, coughing, or blowing your nose. If soap and water are not available, use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer with at least 60% alcohol.
– Stay at least 6 feet away from other people.
– Wipe down frequently touched surfaces (i.e., doorknobs, tabletops, phones, keyboards) with a disinfectant regularly, both at home and inthe workplace.
– Call your health care provider before going to receive medical care.

The public health agencies of Shawano and Menominee want you to know we continue to closely monitor the evolving situation and work to slow spread of illness. We also thank you for staying home and all of your efforts to slow the spread of illness in Shawano and Menominee Counties and Tribes. Stay safe,stay home. We will get through this together.

Previous Article

The 2020 Census: April 1 is Census ...

Next Article

Langlade County Travel Advisory Recommendation

Related articles More from author

  • BusinessHealth

    Health Insurance Coverage: A Message from the USDA

    January 5, 2015
    By Dan Turczynski, Editor
  • HealthNews

    Renewing disabled parking cards made easier

    April 15, 2015
    By Antigo Times
  • HealthNews

    Celebrate World Red Cross Day by giving blood

    April 15, 2015
    By Antigo Times
  • Health

    Langlade County Healthy Ways: Guide to Workout Nutrition

    April 30, 2015
    By Antigo Times
  • HealthNews

    Red Cross, Nexcare Bandages and supermodel Niki Taylor celebrate World Blood Donor Day

    June 9, 2015
    By Antigo Times
  • HealthNews

    Red Cross To Install Smoke Alarms, Teach People Fire Safety In Rothschild & Two Wausau Neighborhoods

    June 12, 2015
    By Antigo Times
Copyright © 2020 Multi Media Channels LLC.
All Rights Reserved. No part of this publication or any of its contents may be reproduced, copied, modified or adapted without the prior written consent of Multi Media Channels LLC.
×