 Friday June 12, 2020 | Louisville KY.
COVID19 Updates and News
 + Expanded contact tracing to begin Friday, June 12th
Lacuna Health, the Louisville-based company hired to conduct COVID-19 contact tracing services with the Louisville Metro Department of Public Health and Wellness (LMPHW), will begin its work Friday, June 12th.
“Widespread COVID-19 testing and expanded contact tracing are how we plan to ‘box in’ the virus as we loosen social distancing protocols and until a vaccine is developed and available,” said Dr. Sarah Moyer director of LMPHW and the city’s chief health strategist. “The better we do at testing and contact tracing, the more successful our reopening will be.”
Dr. Moyer outlined the contact tracing process saying, “We will call those who have tested positive for COVID-19 to ask how they are feeling, give them instructions on how to stay safe at home, and get them help they need it.We will also ask about people they were in close contact with. Contact tracers will reach out to these people to let them know they may have been exposed so they, too, can quarantine and protect themselves, their family and others from potentially getting the virus.”
Contact Tracing Resources
+ Mayor urges residents to participate in survey to share their priorities for new LMPD Chief
Mayor Greg Fischer encourages all Louisville residents to participate in a survey to share their priorities for Louisville’s next permanent chief of police. The Mayor relieved former Louisville Metro Police Department (LMPD) Chief Steve Conrad of his duties on June 1, and named Robert Schroeder as LMPD’s acting chief, pending the hiring of a permanent chief.
“I encourage everyone to participate –
especially those who have been protesting and those supporting them,”
- Mayor Greg Fischer
The community survey will be up for at least three weeks and can be accessed at https://arcg.is/18fTnS. Metro is working to set up a phone line for those without access to a computer.
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+ Some childcare center-based programs, and day camps will start to re-open June 15th.
In addition to the Healthy at Work Minimum Requirements, childcare programs must meet the requirements below in order to reopen and remain open.
For those economic sectors not yet scheduled to reopen, the Governor encourages industry groups, trade associations, and individual businesses submit reopen proposals, discussing strategies and challenges they face in safely reopening.
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