HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) — Allegan County Health Department officials have issued COVID guidelines for schools, which include:
- Masking for all on buses per CDC Order. Certain people with disabilities who, because of their disability, cannot wear a mask, or cannot safely wear a mask, are exempted from CDC’s mask-wearing requirement.
- Report suspected and confirmed COVID-19 (and all other reportable diseases, outbreaks, unusual occurrences) to the health department
- Post COVID-19 case counts on your website as per MDHHS Epidemic Order, Reporting of Confirmed and Probable Cases of COVID-19 at Schools
- Keep employees who are sick with or exposed to COVID-19 home as required by state law
- Keep children who are ill with communicable illness (such as COVID-19) home and out of school or after-school activities.
- Help health officials with contact tracing when COVID-19 instances are detected.
Additional updates include modified quarantine qualifications for close contacts within 3 to 6 feet who were wearing a mask during time of exposure.
“We will continue to ensure vaccine opportunities are available throughout the County for students and families,” Joynes states.
Allegan County health officials continue offering free vaccine clinics offered throughout the month of August:
- Friday, Aug. 13 from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. at Ladders of Hope, 717 E. Main St., Fennville
- Saturday, Aug. 14 from 9 a.m. to noon at Allegan High School
- Wednesday, Aug. 18 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Saugatuck Center for the Arts
- Wednesday, Aug. 18 from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at Martin High School
- Friday, Aug. 20 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at 1 Riverfront Plaza, Allegan
- Saturday, Aug. 21 from 9 a.m. to noon at Allegan High School
- Thursday, Aug. 26 from 11 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. at Saugatuck High School
- Thursday, Aug. 26 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at the Allegan County Area Technology and Education Center
- Friday, Aug. 27 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Love INC., Pullman
- Saturday, Aug. 28 from 9 a.m. to noon at Allegan High School
For more COVID-19 information, visit www.allegancounty.org/covid.
