Brownwood News – Local health officials and representatives of Brown County met Friday morning with County Judge, Dr. Paul Lilly, to review procedures in regard to the current threat of Corona Virus, COVID-19.

In the meeting were: Brown County Office of Emergency Management/David Creed; Health Administrator of the Brownwood/Brown County (B/BC) Health Department/Lisa Dick; Brownwood Regional Medical Center (BRMC) Director of Emergency Department and Trauma Center/Lexie Feist; the BRMC  Employee Health and Infection Control Nurse/Jennifer Jones; the B/BC Public Health Emergency Preparedness Coordinator/Cliff Karnes; the B/BC Strategic National Stockpile Coordinator/Jayme Brock and Brown County Government Affairs Coordinator/Bob Contreras.

In a statement from Brown County – “The attendees generally reviewed the procedures which they are following with regard to the current threat of Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19) to include how to identify COVID-19, which procedures to follow if a case were identified and what actions are to be taken after a case was identified.”

COVID-19 is not new. The symptoms of COVID-19 are similar to the flu. The estimated time for development of a vaccine is one year.

All participants stressed the importance good hygiene, hand washing, not coughing on others, covering up your cough or sneeze and, staying home if you’re sick, to avoid infecting others.

Brown County has no known cases, but officials are alert and prepared to deal with any eventuality.

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