COVID-19
Local
11/22/2022 - 12:00am
Beaverhead County lost two of its residents to COVID-19, public health officials reported last week.
A woman in her 70s and a man in his 80s both died in October at county health care facilities, Public Health Director Sue Hansen said. They are the...
State
02/02/2022 - 12:00am
HELENA, Mont., Jan. 27 (AP) – Montana counties are preparing to distribute 650,000 rapid COVID-19 tests at no cost to residents, Gov. Greg Gianforte said Thursday.
The state health department spent $5.5 million in federal COVID-19 relief money to...
Nation
11/02/2022 - 12:00am
The COVID-19 pandemic devastated poor children’s wellbeing, not just by closing their schools, but also by taking away their parents’ jobs, sickening their families and teachers, and adding chaos and fear to their daily lives.
The scale of the...
Coronavirus (COVID-19)
| Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is caused by a virus named SARS-CoV-2. Symptoms include fever, cough, shortness of breath or difficulty breathing, chills, muscle pain, headache, sore throat, and a new loss of taste or smell, which may appear two- to 14 days after exposure. Emergency warning signs for COVID-19, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, are difficulty breathing or shortness of breath, persistent pain or pressure in the chest, new confusion or the inability to arouse, and bluish lips or face. The list is not all-inclusive. There is currently no vaccine for the new coronavirus. For more information on the new coronavirus, visit www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-nCoV/index.html or dphhs.mt.gov/publichealth/cdepi/diseases/coronavirusmt For local guidelines and information, visit beaverheadcounty.org and click on the “News” section. |
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Local health contacts
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• Beaverhead County Public Health: (406) 683-4771 |
Procedures if suspected infection
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If you are experiencing mild symptoms of fever, cough and shortness of breath, call 683-3051 first, to speak with a nurse for a COVID-19 risk assessment, to determine if you need a medical evaluation. If you are experiencing severe symptoms of fever, cough and shortness of breath, and feel this is an emergency, call the Barrett Hospital Emergency Department at 683-3051, to alert staff of your pending arrival. Proceed directly to the emergency room – use the dedicated Emergency Department entrance and parking lot, and follow instructional signage. Those with COVID-19 symptoms are asked to go to the Barrett Hospital emergency room, rather than area clinics, as the hospital has protocols in place for isolating and containing COVID-19 cases. |
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