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covid-19 information and updates

!!! Attention !!!

Due to the increase in cases, our capacity to investigate cases in a timely manner is no longer possible.  If you test positive for COVID-19, please do not wait for us to call you to start isolation. You should isolate if you have symptoms or as soon as you are tested. Isolation means you do not go to work, to school, or leave your home with the exception of a medical or family emergency. While home, anyone sick or infected should separate themselves from others by staying in a specific “sick room” or area and using a separate bathroom (if available). Start making a contact list for "close contacts" that you have been around 48 hours prior to symptom onset. Let your contacts know that they may have been exposed. Close contacts should also quarantine until test results are available.

***What  is a close contact?   It is when you are within 6 feet, for more than a total of 15 minutes, of a person who has tested positive for COVID-19.***  

COVId-19 testing

We do NOT do testing for COVID-19 here at the Bollinger County Health Center.  To be tested for COVID-19, please contact any medical care provider including the following clinic in Marble Hill via phone.  ***Please do not walk into this medical facility without calling to make an appointment first.***

Marble Hill Medical Clinic  (573) 238-0038

You may also be tested at any of the community testing events listed below.  You can be tested even if you are not a resident of the county in which the testing event takes place.     

community testing Events

Arena Park
410 Kiwanis Dr. 
Cape Girardeau
Friday, October 23rd
7am-5pm
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

Results from Bollinger County Community Testing Event on Oct. 10th

daily update and comparison

Missouri Cases: 158,101
Missouri Deaths:  2,590
http://mophep.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapSeries/index.html?appid=8e01a5d8d8bd4b4f85add006f9e14a9d

Additional information:  
  • Recovered is when quarantine is completed per CDC guidelines along with no fever and symptom improvement.​  
  • Bollinger county has begun receiving probable cases and will be including them in our updates.
    • Confirmed case= Detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in a clinical specimen (PCR)
    • Probable case= Clinically specific symptoms + Close contact to a case of COVID-19 + Not tested
 
Please refer to the link below for more information:  
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/about/steps-when-sick.html
https://health.mo.gov/living/healthcondiseases/communicable/novel-coronavirus/


​Click here for the COVID-19:  U.S. at a Glance update. 

potential exposure locations

We, at the Bollinger County Health Center, will continue to keep our citizens informed of potential COVID-19 exposure locations where it is impossible to identify all individuals at risk.  When possible, establishments are contacted prior to publication.  Possible exposure locations will be updated as new information becomes available through investigations. 

​We ask everyone to be aware that all public locations have a potential risk for COVID-19 exposure. This is why social distancing, wearing a mask, and hand hygiene are important when you leave your home to slow the spread of COVID-19.

Amerimart on 10/08/2020 approximately 3:00 pm
​Harps-Marble Hill location on 10/08/2020 approximately 2:00-3:00pm
Diana's Boarding Home #3 

related information

CDC Considerations and Tips 
For more information about COVID-19 statistics for the State of Missouri, visit the DHSS COVID-19 Dashboard by clicking here.  

To gain additional general information about COVID-19, visit the DHSS or CDC websites.