Officials: Idaho healthcare system under extreme pressure

By News Team

January 25, 2022 11:18 AM

Published January 25, 2022 11:24 AM

BOISE, Idaho (KIFI) - The Department of Health and Welfare (DHW) will hold a media briefing about COVID-19 in Idaho at 2:30 p.m. (MT) Tuesday.

You can watch below.

Those who will attend the briefing from DHW include Director Dave Jeppesen, Elke Shaw-Tulloch, administrator for the Division of Public Health, Dr. Christine Hahn, state epidemiologist; Dr. Kathryn Turner, deputy state epidemiologist, Dr. Christopher Ball, chief of the Idaho Bureau of Laboratories; and Sarah Leeds, manager of the Idaho Immunization Program.

A special guest, Dr. Steven Nemerson, chief clinical officer for Saint Alphonsus Health System, also will be available to answer questions.

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