Portage County COVID-19 Response

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Portage County Health District's Mission

PCHD’s mission is “To promote public health, prevent disease, and protect the environment, utilizing leadership and partnership to empower individuals and communities to achieve optimal health”. We strive to meet this mission every day, but it is especially important during a public health crisis such as this one.

Portage County Health District Responds

Portage County Medical Reserve Corp

To volunteer in the Portage County response activities to COVID-19

or to apply for Contract Tracing positions, join our Medical Reserve Core

(click here).

Reminder: Stay Health, Make Safe Choices

During Governor DeWine's address to Ohioans on July 15, 2020 he stated, I’ve always found history to be a teacher. And so early in the pandemic, I read a book by John Berry called The Great Influenza about the catastrophic Spanish Flu Pandemic of 1918. He wrote an article yesterday that puts our current reality into sobering perspective.