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McLean County Board of Health Extends Contact Tracer Program

The McLean County Board of Health voted Wednesday to continue its contact tracer program, at least through November.

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Health Board Pushes to Extend Contract Tracing Program

Originally published on April 14, 2021 11:03 pm Members of the McLean County Board of Health said Wednesday that it s a priority to maintain the county’s full COVID-19 contact tracing program. The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) has OK d extending the program through Dec. 31. County health department administrator Jessica McKnight explained, however, that current funding won t cover the 50-person staff through that date. During Wednesday’s board meeting, she and the department s clinical services administrator, Tammy Brook, shared a staffing reduction plan: cutting tracers by more than half from 50 to 20 on June 1, and then to 10 after Aug. 31. The tracers also are trained to work at the county’s COVID-19 call center.

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Rich Buchanan, Former Bloomington Mayor, Longtime Public Servant, Dies

Eric Stock / WGLT Former Bloomington Mayor Rich Buchanan, who spent more than four decades in public service and helped strengthen collaboration between the Twin Cities, died Tuesday. He was 81. Buchanan served as Bloomington mayor from 1977 to 1985, after two terms on the city council. In a 2019 interview with WGLT, Buchanan reflected on his time leading the city. “I just loved being mayor,” Buchanan said. “I think I was well received. People didn’t beat up on me too much.” Former Normal Mayor Paul Harmon served on the Normal Town Council when Buchanan was mayor of Bloomington. Harmon said Buchanan fostered a new spirit of cooperation between the Twin Cities.

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Rich Buchanan, Former Bloomington Mayor, Longtime Public Servant, Dies

Rich Buchanan, Former Bloomington Mayor, Longtime Public Servant, Dies
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MCHD Planning Ahead for Continued Vaccine Rollout

The McLean County Board of Health meets Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021. The continuing COVID pandemic, and the challenges facing the health department because of it, were the focus of Wednesday’s McLean County Board of Health meeting. The department is developing long-term plans beyond spring, but still is unable to plan out for vaccine quantities for more than a week at a time, said administrator Jessica McKnight. MCHD learns Wednesday or Thursday how many doses will arrive the following week. And on Friday, staff learns if vaccine for second doses to be given a month after a first dose will be shipped the following week. So, it’s quite a complicated system.

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