Boone County Health Department is Forced to Close

Services at a county health department have been suspended after an investigation by state health officials. The Bureau for Public Health found that the Boone County Health Department did not have written policies for infection prevention, hand hygiene, or environmental cleaning, and also found that the facility needed a deep cleaning. The Boone County agency’s health officer said in a statement that it is “working diligently” with state officials to fix the problems “as quickly and efficiently as possible.” The investigation game after reports that the health department gave 44 people an antibody treatment instead of coronavirus vaccinations.