Covid-19 Update
jay • May 6, 2020
May 6, 2020
All Vermonters with even mild symptoms are encouraged to contact their health care provider to get tested. This includes parents of children who have symptoms that could be related to COVID-19. Your provider will refer you to a hospital or health center near you that can perform the test at no cost. Little Rivers performs tests in Wells River and in Bradford. The Wells River clinic serves additionally as a state testing site. Tests are conducted in the afternoons as late as possible with timing dependent on the volume. If you don’t have a health care provider, call Little Rivers at 802-757-2325. Symptoms include: fever, cough, shortness of breath or difficulty breathing, chills, repeated shaking with chills, muscle pain, headache, sore throat, or new loss of taste or smell. If you are having any symptoms of COVID-19, call your provider.
Little Rivers behavioral health providers will begin seeing patients in-clinic starting on May 18th. Each provider will be in-clinic at least one full day per week to start and all will continue with Televisits and phone visits. Yesterday was the first day that the East Corinth Clinic resumed delivery of in-person, in-clinic health services. Six patients had in-person visits in addition to Televisits and phone visits. The East Corinth team is eager and ready to safely care for patients in clinic on Tuesdays and Fridays.
Join us on tomorrow at noon at our Community Zoom meeting to a provide information about how to access health care, how to apply for health insurance, sliding fee scale, access to care regardless of your ability to pay, and access to food & transportation. The meeting is open to anyone, and access can be by phone, online with audio and video, or online chat. More meeting information is available on our website home page under ‘Upcoming Events’ at https://www.littlerivers.org/
or on our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/littlerivershealthcare/.
VT COVID-19 Cases (as of midday today): Total cases: 908, New Cases: 1, Deaths: 52 (no new deaths). Vermont has 6 patients currently hospitalized for COVID-19 and 20 hospitalized under investigation. Windsor County has 44 cases, Washington County has 36 cases (1 new case), Caledonia County remains at 14 cases and Orange County at 8 cases (1 new case). Windsor has 2 deaths so far, Washington 1, and none in Caledonia and Orange Counties. Orange County Vermont remains at 2 cases per 10,000 people. In our region, there are confirmed cases in Lyndon, Kirby, St. Johnsbury, Waterford, Marshfield, Groton, Orange and Fairlee.
Televisit is not a replacement of traditional medicine; it is an extension of our traditional model of care. The Televisit allows our Doctors or Nurse Practitioners to diagnose and treat patients who are unable to make it to the office. From your computer or with the Healow app and a compatible mobile device, you can have a face-to-face conversation with a Doctor or Nurse Practitioner from the convenience of your home, hotel, or where ever you may be traveling. You must be web enabled on the Patient Portal to schedule a Televisit. If you are not, please ask our receptionist to web enable your account.
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