Documenting COVID-19

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Illinois Department of Public Health May 17, 2021, meeting minutes

Date Updated: June 28, 2021

Date Added: June 28, 2021

IL

Principal Subject: Illinois Department of Public Health

This document set contains Illinois Department of Public Health meeting minutes from a May 17, 2021, call with local health department officials throughout the state of Illinois.

Date Range: May 17, 2021

Format Details: PDF, 7 pages

Barry-Eaton District Health Department COVID-19 variant emails and contact tracing notes

Date Updated: April 19, 2021

Date Added: April 19, 2021

Barry and Eaton counties, MI

Principal Subject: J. Daniel Woodall and Colette Scrimger, medical director and health officer, Barry-Eaton District Health Department

This material includes the Barry-Eaton District Health Department's internal emails, memos and contact tracing notes related to COVID-19 variants, including the U.K. B.1.1.7 strain of the virus.

Date Range: February 1 to April 8, 2021

Format Details: .zip of .pdf file with related .eml and .msg files (3.2 MB)

Ionia County Health Department COVID-19 variant emails and contact tracing notes

Date Updated: April 19, 2021

Date Added: April 19, 2021

Ionia County, MI

Principal Subject: Ionia County Health Officer Ken Bowen

This material includes the Ionia County Health Department's internal emails, memos and contact tracing notes related to COVID-19 variants, including the U.K. B.1.1.7 strain of the virus.

Date Range: February 1 to February 17, 2021

Format Details: .pdf (173 pages, duplicative material, 7 MB)

Ingham County Health Department COVID-19 variant emails and contact tracing notes

Date Updated: April 17, 2021

Date Added: April 17, 2021

Ingham County, MI

Principal Subject: Dr. Adenike Shoyinka, medical director of the Ingham County Health Department

This material includes the Ingham County Health Department's internal emails, memos and contact tracing notes related to COVID-19 variants, including the U.K. B.1.1.7 strain of the virus.

Date Range: February 1 to April 5, 2021

Format Details: .pdf (596 pages, duplicative material, 87 MB)

Washtenaw County Health Department COVID-19 variant emails and contact tracing notes

Date Updated: April 17, 2021

Date Added: April 17, 2021

Washtenaw County, MI

Principal Subject: Washtenaw County Health Officer Jimena Loveluck

This material includes the Washtenaw County Health Department's internal emails, memos and contact tracing notes related to COVID-19 variants, including the U.K. B.1.1.7 strain of the virus.

Date Range: December 15, 2020, to February 17, 2021

Format Details: .pdf (490 pages, duplicative material, 84.5 MB)

Illinois ERC facility outbreak reports

Date Updated: October 7, 2020

Date Added: October 7, 2020

IL

Highlighted Documents: September 1 ERC report September 30 ERC report July 24 ERC report August 14 ERC report

This internal data — prepared by the Illinois Department of Public Health and covering four different days between July and September — was obtained as part of an open-records request to a county health department. The confidential data on the outbreaks in the Springfield region and across the state shows that coronavirus outbreaks in workplaces, schools, meatpacking facilities and prisons are driving Illinois’ rising cases — and many of these outbreaks have never been made public.

Date Range: July 24 to September 30, 2020

Format Details: .xls (4 files)

Fulton County government COVID-19 emails and response

Date Updated: September 15, 2020

Date Added: July 30, 2020

Fulton County, GA

Principal Subject: County Manager Richard "Dick" Anderson

These documents include emails sent from, to or copied to County Manager Richard "Dick" Anderson regarding local response to COVID-19.

Date Range: April 20 to May 7, 2020

Format Details: .pdf with copied attachments (701 pages, 10.2 MB)

Marion County Health COVID-19 emails and jail outbreak response

Date Updated: July 13, 2020

Date Added: July 13, 2020

Marion County, OH

Principal Subject: Marion Public Health Commissioner Traci Kinsler

These documents include emails sent from, to or copied to Marion Public Health Commissioner Traci Kinsler, regarding local response to COVID-19 as it relates to jail facilities.

Date Range: January 1 to June 16, 2020

Format Details: .pdf without attachments (499 pages, 21.5 MB)

Weld County COVID-19 emails and response

Date Updated: July 13, 2020

Date Added: July 12, 2020

Weld County, CO

Highlighted Documents: JBS Colorado closure letter, April 10 JBS Colorado closure order, April 10 Weld County COVID-19 case counts, March 31

Principal Subject: Former Weld County Director of Public Health & Environment Mark Wallace and Weld County Sheriff Steven Reams

These documents include emails sent from, to or copied to former Weld County Director of Public Health & Environment Mark Wallace and Weld County Sheriff Steven Reams regarding local response to COVID-19.

Date Range: March 1 to June 23, 2020

Format Details: .pdf with attachments, including .xlsx, .ppt and .docx formats (7,359 pages, 486.5 MB)

City of Gallup COVID-19 emails and response

Date Updated: July 13, 2020

Date Added: July 13, 2020

Gallup, NM

Principal Subject: Former Gallup Mayor Jackie McKinney and current Gallup Mayor Louis Bonaguidi

These documents include emails sent from, to or copied to former Gallup Mayor Jackie McKinney and/or current Gallup Mayor Louis Bonaguidi regarding local response to COVID-19.

Date Range: April 1 to May 27, 2020

Format Details: .zip of .pst files (219.1 MB)

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