BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) – Calhoun County’s Joint Operation Center for COVID-19 response was deactivated this week following the State’s deactivation of its Emergency Operations Center.
Officials say the formal meetings of the Unified Command Team, and the coordinated effort between the County and the City of Battle Creek, and other community partners has ended in connection with the COVID-19 virus.
The Calhoun County Public Health Department will continue its COVID response as needs arise in the community and continues to submit eligible expenses to FEMA for reimbursement while COVID-19 is still considered a public health emergency at the national level.
The countywide emergency response operated for 32 months.
The Public Health Department is now focusing on educating the public about measures that can be done to reduce community spread of COVID-19, along with the flu, common cold and other communicable sickness.
They are is still offering COVID-19 vaccination at Health Department clinics in Battle Creek and Albion.
The COVID-19 Community Transmission Level is updated every Friday on the Public Health Department’s website, calhouncountymi.gov/coviddata.
