The Marion County Health Department is now making NARCAN available free of charge for those who have loved ones or friends they fear may overdose on heroin.
Health Department Administrator Melissa Mallow hopes the program can help save lives.
“We have gotten some Narcan we purchased through our grant funds we received from the IDPH. We have Narcan available at Salem and Centralia offices. You can come in, no questions asked, it’s free and anonymous. When you come in we explain the process of how to use it and you take it with you.”
Mallow also announced Modern and Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 vaccine is now available on a walk-in basis. She told the board the Illinois Department of Public Health wants to get as many vaccinated as possible, even though there will be waste if a full vial is not used within a day.
Mallow also announced their contact tracing grant for those who test positive for COVID-19 has been extended through the end of the year. With the reduced number of COVID-19 cases, only one contact tracer is being kept on.
Mallow announced they are now offering COVID-19 vaccination to inmates at the Marion County Jail. Thirteen who requested the vaccine were immunized
last week during the first week of the program. The health department reported no new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday. There are just five active cases currently, one who is hospitalized and four who are in home isolation.
Mallow announced they are providing vaccinations required to attend school in the fall. They will be available by appointment on Monday at the Salem
office and Wednesday at the Centralia office.
In other action, the board approved a three percent wage increase for employees for the next fiscal year that begins December first.
The Marion County Health Department is now making NARCAN available free of charge for those who have loved ones or friends they fear may overdose
on heroin.
Health Department Administrator Melissa Mallow hopes the program can help save lives.
“We have gotten some Narcan we purchased through our grant funds we received from the IDPH. We have Narcan available at Salem and Centralia offices. You can come in, no questions asked, it’s free and anonymous. When you come in we explain the process of how to use it and you take it with you.”
Mallow also announced Modern and Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 vaccine is now available on a walk-in basis. She told the board the Illinois Department of Public Health wants to get as many vaccinated as possible, even though there will be waste if a full vial is not used within a day.
Mallow also announced their contact tracing grant for those who test positive for COVID-19 has been extended through the end of the year. With the reduced number of COVID-19 cases, only one contact tracer is being kept on.
Mallow announced they are now offering COVID-19 vaccination to inmates at the Marion County Jail. Thirteen who requested the vaccine were immunized
last week during the first week of the program. The health department reported no new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday. There are just five active cases currently, one who is hospitalized and four who are on home isolation.
Mallow announced they are providing vaccinations required to attend school in the fall. They will be available by appointment on Monday at the Salem
office and Wednesday at the Centralia office.
In other action, the board approved a three percent wage increase for employees for the next fiscal year that begins December first.
The Marion County Health Department is now making NARCAN available free of charge for those who have loved ones or friends they fear may overdose
on heroin.
Health Department Administrator Melissa Mallow hopes the program can help save lives.
“We have gotten some Narcan we purchased through our grant funds we received from the IDPH. We have Narcan available at Salem and Centralia offices. You can come in, no questions asked, it’s free and anonymous. When you come in we explain the process of how to use it and you take it with you.”
Mallow also announced Modern and Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 vaccine is now available on a walk-in basis. She told the board the Illinois Department of Public Health wants to get as many vaccinated as possible, even though there will be waste if a full vial is not used within a day.
Mallow also announced their contact tracing grant for those who test positive for COVID-19 has been extended through the end of the year. With the reduced number of COVID-19 cases, only one contact tracer is being kept on.
Mallow announced they are now offering COVID-19 vaccination to inmates at the Marion County Jail. Thirteen who requested the vaccine were immunized
last week during the first week of the program. The health department reported no new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday. There are just five active cases currently, one who is hospitalized and four who are on home isolation.
Mallow announced they are providing vaccinations required to attend school in the fall. They will be available by appointment on Monday at the Salem
office and Wednesday at the Centralia office.
In other action, the board approved a three percent wage increase for employees for the next fiscal year that begins December first.
