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Health Director's Report April 2020 • March 31,2020—OCHD had our FY 20-21 Budget meeting with County Manager; in lieu of COVID-19 we received new information to support economic contingency plans for the remainder of this fiscal year and into next year. We were asked to reduce purchasing/spend rates, closely monitor revenue and expenditures, and implement the hiring freeze for positions that are not mandatory and/or essential to Health at this time. We are updating our budget and looking to make a few changes in response to this contingency plan. Revisions/reductions will not impact staff or any of our essential services. • April 9,2020—Pursuant to Executive Order 119, and the sub delegation of authority granted by the NCDHHS Secretary Mandy Cohen,MD,MPH,the NC Local Health Department Accreditation Board waived accreditation scheduling requirements for twelve(12)months effective May 9,2020. This grants all fully accredited health departments in NC an accreditation extension of twelve(12)months. • April 15,2020—Secretary Cohen,MD,MPH issued a public health waiver to all local health departments per Executive Order 119.Local health departments received six waivers that will not endanger public health and will provide necessary relief to allow us to focus efforts on responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. Specific activities waived include: • Requirement to conduct a yearly Quality Review of clinical and non-clinical records in all administrative, environmental, clinical, and educational services and activities mandated by the Commission for Public Health o Amendment to inspection frequencies for certain establishments, including food and lodging institutions, public swimming pools, spas,child day-care facilities and camps. This does not waive complaint investigations, emergency responses,consultative visits and related public health activities,including enforcement actions. • Requirement to offer a vaccine clinic at least once each month accessible to working parents. • Requirement to provide the Venereal Disease Control provisions(diagnostic testing&exams for syphilis and gonorrhea,treatment services, counseling/education, follow-up and referral) each weekday. • Requirement for public health nurses without a nursing degree from an accredited,baccalaureate-degree- granting program to complete an introductory course in principles and practices of public health nursing within one year of employment; a 12 month extension has been granted. • Assistant Secretary for Public Health or his designee has authority to provide written guidance to local health departments as to how to provide mandated and essential public health services during this pandemic in compliance with requirements found at 10A NCAC 46, Section.0200. • Census 2020—For Week Ending April 12,2020 this is how Orange County,NC has responded: 0 54.8%of households in Orange County have self-responded to the 2020 Census between March 12 and April 12,2020,above the state response rate of 44.9%. Orange County is currently ranked 1 out of 100 counties in NC. 0 54.4%of Orange households responded to the census online versus 38.4%of all NC households. 0 0.4%of Orange households responded to the census by phone or mail versus 6.5%of all NC households. *I've attached the full report for Orange County: Census 2020 Real-Time Response Rates- Week Ending April 12m Upcoming Events Many of our events have been postponed in an effort to implement social distancing during this phase of the COVID-19 event.