After 38 years of service, Missoula City County Health Officer Ellen Leahy was the guest of honor for her retirement party at Caras Park during Out to Lunch at Caras Park on Wednesday.
The Missoula City County Health Department told KGVO News on Monday that it is participating in the National Month of Action, working towards a goal of 70 percent of Missoula County residents receiving at least one dose of the several COVID 19 vaccines.
The Missoula City County Health Department’s Epidemiological Situation Unit held a ZOOM press conference on Wednesday to provide an update on the effort to reach herd immunity through vaccination against COVID 19.
The Missoula City-County Health Department announced on Tuesday that is not yet vaccinating 12 to 15-year-old children, nor are they yet booking those appointments.
Missoula County is very close to reaching the 60 percent goal of changing the mask mandate to a recommendation, according to Health Officer Ellen Leahy.