Douglas County Health Department Kansas

Unified in protecting the health and safety of our community and providing critical services during the covid 19 pandemic lawrence douglas county public health lmh health douglas county and the city of lawrence have activated what is know as a unified command under the national incident management system.

Douglas county health department kansas. Public health guidance to douglas county schools will remain at its second level the yellow tier for another week the local health department said thursday in its weekly schools update. As part of education unified command response lawrence douglas county public health has developed the covid 19 smart and safe school reopening guidance to assist k 12 school districts and families in decision making for the upcoming school year. But the lawrence school district will still conduct sports competitions that are recommended to be prohibited under the guidance a district official said. For a third.

Story updated at 5 43 p m. Lawrence douglas county public health has issued quarantine orders for current residents of nine university of kansas greek community chapter houses and is in the process of a 10th according to a news release from the agency wednesday evening. Community health program we seek to make lawrence and douglas county a healthier place by providing accurate information about factors that influence health promoting the use of proven effective health promotion strategies and encouraging and supporting community based changes in policies systems and environment that positively impact health for all. Douglas county unified command mission.

Lawrence douglas county public health 200 maine street lawrence ks 66044 phone. Overall the county has seen more than 1 700 cases of the. The douglas county health department reported 179 new cases of coronavirus tuesday bringing the total active cases in the county to 717. Lawrence douglas county public health issued a new order this week that requires bars and restaurants to stop serving alcohol by 9 p m and to close by 10 p m.