Sentinel Staff
HOLLAND Officials from the Ottawa County Department of Public Health are urging residents to practice tick-bite prevention measures this summer.
Blacklegged ticks are active from March to November in Michigan. They are commonly found in wooded and brushy habitats. Several reports of Lyme disease, the most commonly reported tick-borne disease, have been detected this year.
Most humans are infected through the bites of immature ticks, called nymphs, that feed during the spring and summer months. Nymphs can be difficult to see because they are approximately the size of a poppy seed. In most cases, the tick must be attached for 36 to 48 hours or more before the Lyme disease bacterium can be transmitted.
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COVID-19 testing, vaccination available during Tulip Time
Sentinel Staff
HOLLAND No-cost COVID-19 testing and vaccinations will be available to community members and festival visitors beginning Saturday, May 1, in downtown Holland, and continuing through Tulip Time.
The Ottawa County Department of Public Health and the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, coordinating with the city of Holland and Tulip Time, will offer the testing and vaccinations at 61 E. Sixth Street.
Testing will be available from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. from Saturday, May 1, until Saturday, May 8. There will be an additional block of testing from 4-8 p.m. Thursday, May 6.
Kent, Ottawa counties shorten COVID-19 quarantine guidelines
Updated Apr 30, 2021;
Posted Apr 30, 2021
Kent and Ottawa counties are reducing their quarantine guidelines for people exposed to COVID-19. (MLive file photo)Cory Morse | MLive.com
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GRAND RAPIDS, MI Health departments in Kent and Ottawa counties are reducing the recommended quarantine period for people exposed to COVID-19 from 14 days to 10 days.
In a news release, the Kent County Health Department said the “previous 14-day quarantine period was based on the full incubation period of the virus.” However, the department noted that “data confirms 90 to 99 percent of COVID-19 infections occur within 10 days of exposure.”