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By allowing ads to appear on this site, you support the local businesses who, in turn, support great journalism. More than 30 GBHS students in quarantine School board deals with COVID-19 School board member Don Williams, left, looks at a draft of next year s Great Bend High School Plan of Studies during Monday night s USD 428 Board of Education meeting. The board approved the plan for publication. Changes include the addition of a two-semester Stagecraft Class in Fine Arts and removing the ACT/College & Career Planning Academy class from the program of studies for juniors. Also pictured is Assistant Superintendent John Popp.
County expands COVID-19 testing hours after site at BCC closes
Now that a COVID-19 PCR testing site at Barton Community College has closed, the Barton County Health Department will expand its testing to allow residents to continue to receive this service in a convenient manner.
Drive-through testing will be available weekly on Monday from 1-3 p.m., and Wednesday and Friday from 9 a.m. to noon at the health department, 1300 Kansas Ave. Testing forms may be found at www.bartoncounty.org under the health department tab. Pre-filling the testing form will expedite your visit to the testing site, but is not required, according to a news release from County Administrator Phil Hathcock.
Long-term care centers top cluster list Schools revise quarantine rules
The state updated its COVID-19 statistics this week and announced that a weekly vaccine update will be published on its website every Wednesday by 5 p.m. in English and Spanish. Meanwhile, Great Bend USD 428 revised its quarantine rules.
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (www.coronavirus.kdheks.gov) reports there have been 179,803 COVID-19 cases statewide this year, resulting in 5,654 hospitalizations and 1,941 deaths as of 9 a.m. Wednesday. There were 5,778 new cases, 85 new deaths and 145 new hospitalizations reported since Monday, Dec. 7.
KDHE shows 1,859 total cases for Barton County and 834 for Pawnee County.