 Thursday August 20, 2020 | Louisville, KY.
Updates and News
+ COVID-19 Helpline Now Available
The Louisville Metro Department of Public Health and Wellness and Lacuna Health have launched the LOU HEALTH COVID-19 helpline: 502-912-8598.
“Our cases of COVID-19 are rising at an alarming rate,” said Dr. Sarah Moyer, Chief Health Strategist and Director of the Department of Public Health and Wellness. “We want people to be able to quickly get information if they have concerns. This helpline is staffed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Many of the employees answering the calls are bilingual and language translation services are also available.”
The LOU HEALTH COVID-19 helpline can help individuals who:
- Have questions about what to do while waiting for COVID-19 test results
- Have questions about symptoms they’re having
- Had a positive test and haven’t been contacted by the health department yet
- Are a contact of someone who tested positive and want instructions on what to do next
- Have questions about safely isolating or quarantining
- Have questions about contact tracing.
“We want to make sure we can help people get the answers they need and, when necessary, help them stay safely at home so they can get or remain well and prevent the further spread of the virus,” Moyer said. “People don’t have to wait for us to call them, they can call us.”
The city’s COVID-19 data dashboard, a complete list of COVID-19 testing sites, information on symptoms, prevention and contact tracing can be found at www.louisvilleky.gov/covid19.
+ Charim Korean Restaurant now operating out of Zanzabar
Anthony “Antz” Wettig, who co-owns Zanzabar with his brother Jon, said the new partnership has been an overwhelming success, and Zanzabar actually had its best night of sales since the pandemic began when the first posted about the new menu on social media.
“Wow! Louisville, Zanzabar loves you! Thanks to the artistry of Yeon Hee Chung, owner of the best Korean restaurant Louisville has ever known, Charim Korean Restaurant, we have just had our best night since March 2020 shut the city down,” posts Wettig on Facebook.
+ Public Health and Wellness is launching their Community Advisory Board!
The Community Advisory Board will be coordinated by the Center for Health Equity and will seek to define expansive, transformative, and antiracist visions across root causes for the upcoming Health Equity Report. The board will also be informed about and provide input to ongoing COVID-19 emergency response efforts. Members will receive payment – either to them directly or the organizations they represent.
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