Lehigh County Emergency Management. 911 Center

County of Lehigh's Office of Emergency Services continues to monitor the COVID-19 epidemic. Current actions include:

• Meeting with our local and state public health officials, the EMS Council and its member agencies, and local hospitals
• Distributing outreach materials specific to the virus
• Reviewing emergency operations and continuity plans and updating as needed
• Continuing the use of emergency medical dispatch protocols to screen callers about recent travel, including implementing an update from our vendor

Prudent actions for businesses and citizens include:

• Reading and sharing the CDC fact sheet linked below
  http://www.lehighcounty.org/DesktopModules/Expasys/Documents/Download.aspx?ID=6128
• Reading and sharing the CDC Stop the Spread of Germs flyer linked below
  http://www.lehighcounty.org/DesktopModules/Expasys/Documents/Download.aspx?ID=6127
• Businesses should consider laminating and posting the flyer.
• Staying home when sick, practicing respiratory etiquette and hand hygiene, and using work from home options, when available.
• Focusing environmental cleaning on commonly used surfaces, such as doorknobs, keyboards, and countertops, adhering to the product recommendations to ensure adequate disinfection, sanitization, and sterilization

A pandemic is a global outbreak that occurs when a new virus appears or “emerges” in the human population, causes serious illness and then spreads easily from person to person worldwide. 

Lehigh Valley Pre-Admission can be contacted @ 610-402-8378, press option #1. You now have the option of Cedar Crest or Muhlenberg campus for your labs. Health Works of Lehigh Valley can be reached @ 610-402-9675.

Remember you MUST identify yourself as a Lehigh County HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RESPONSE TEAM MEMBER