April 9th, 2020 1:00pm -Madison County NY Government Facebook Page

This National Public Health Week April 6-12, 2020, the Madison County Health Department is working 7 days a week on the COVID-19 pandemic. Staff are taking the same safety measures they are recommending that the public take. Staff are social distancing while in the office, holding meetings on the phone with people outside of the department, and wearing face masks while walking around the building. Staff, volunteers, and visitors are taking their temperature at the start and end of every shift or visit.

When the threat of COVID-19 began to make its way to Madison County, all Public Health staff were given a role in the response efforts. Staff have been busily making patient visits and daily phone calls, securing and delivering needed supplies, coordinating with healthcare providers and hospitals, tracking and reporting testing and positive cases daily, developing guidance based on CDC and New York State Department of Health recommendations, pushing out messages online and in print, recruiting and training volunteers, and responding to the needs of the community.

Thank you to the dedicated Madison County Health Department staff for all you do for Madison County, this week and year round! For accurate and up-to-date information on COVID-19, visit Madison County Health Department’s web site: https://www.madisoncounty.ny.gov/2479/Coronavirus-COVID-19.

Madison County Public Health staff taking their temperature.

Madison County Health Department Registered Nurse gathers supplies needed for her home visit to a patient with COVID-19.

Madison County Health Department’s daily Operations meeting.

Madison County Public Health Sanitarian on his way to visit businesses.

Madison County Health Department Office Assistant makes a daily phone call to check on a Madison County resident in quarantine with COVID-19.