The Shawnee County Health Department’s capacity has been stretched to its limits by the COVID-19 pandemic, says director Linda Ochs. She is asking county commissioners to create a job in her department for an infectious disease division manager… That move would mark the first step in creating a health department division devoted to infectious diseases, Ochs told commissioners in a recent memorandum. She said the job’s salary and benefits would be paid “with various potential grants for COVID-19 response and health department reserve funds.”
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