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There are times when local health departments find it necessary to issue emergency orders to respond to specific threats in their jurisdictions. MDHHS is not always aware when such orders are issued and needs such information to maintain an effective response. EPCs are asked to send a copy of any emergency order their health department issues to the CHECC at checcdeptcoor@michigan.gov on the day the order is issued.
As of today, the CHECC has copies of emergency orders issued by the Ingham County Health Department and the Ottawa County Department of Public Health.
As Michigan reopens its schools, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) is committed to providing updates of COVID-19 outbreaks in education settings for the public’s general awareness. In honor of this commitment, beginning on Monday, September 14, 2020, and each Monday thereafter, MDHHS will publish school-related COVID-19 outbreak data at https://www.michigan.gov/coronavirus/0,9753,7-406-98163_98173_102480---,00.html.
Data published on the web will provide the public with a general understanding of where school-related COVID-19 outbreaks are being addressed. The publicly available information will include the following line items:
• County
• School Name
• School Address
• School Grades
• School-Specific Case Count
• Case Type (Staff, Student, or Both)
All the details can be found in the School Outbreak LHD Talking Points and FAQs document.
It is important that schools and universities know that their outbreak status will become public on the state website. Local health departments are asked to alert school districts and colleges/universities when they add an associated outbreak to the weekly LHD Sitrep that the school’s information will become public on the website the following Monday at 3:00 pm.
In addition, LHDs are reminded to use the CSTE definition for a school-based outbreak (including colleges/universities). The outbreak definition is below and can also be found in the LHD Sitrep reporting tool: Two or more laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 cases among students or staff with onsets within a 14-day period, who are epidemiologically linked, do not share a household, and were not identified as close contacts of each other in another setting during standard case investigation or contact tracing.
An outbreak in an educational setting is considered resolved when no new confirmed COVID-19 cases identified after 28 days (two incubation periods) have passed since the last known school exposure from a case.
Knowing that more than one person is usually involved with collecting the data for the weekly LHD Sitrep, the CHECC has developed an Excel tool that LHDs can use in-house as they gather the needed data. Use of this tool is at the discretion of each LHD.
Questions can be directed to the CHECC at checcdeptcoor@michigan.gov
The most up to date information on the current EEE outbreak can be found at https://www.michigan.gov/eee
In order to advance water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) emergency preparedness and response among local health departments (LHDs), NACCHO is currently accepting applications from professionals who have prepared for and/or responded to a WASH emergency in the last 5 years (including but not limited to professionals from Infectious Disease, Environmental Health, and Public Health Preparedness), to join the WASH Emergency Preparedness and Response Workgroup for the 2020-2021 project year. Workgroup participants will have the opportunity to connect with peers from LHDs across the country, share their experience and, identify and evaluate existing tools and resources. The application is now open until 5:00 pm ET on September 25, 2020. For more information or questions, please contact Deise Galan (dgalan@naccho.org).
This is a reminder to submit your BP1 year-end progress report relaying a story of hope/success in your community during the COVID-19 pandemic to mdhhs-betp-depr-phep@michigan.gov no later than September 30, 2020.
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