WILMINGTON, MA — At Monday night’s Board of Selectmen Meeting, Town Manager Jeff Hull announced that the town will soon receive $5,000 from the Metropolitan Area Planning Council to assist the Wilmington Health Department in their efforts to combat the spread and effect of COVID-19.
The Council is distributing state funds at the direction of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health and per the order of Governor Charlie Baker.
Wilmington can use the funding to cover expenditures already incurred in its response to COVID-19, and/or for anticipated expenses in response to COVID-19, for the following purposes:
- Surveillance and case identification (including, but not limited to, public health epidemiological investigation activities such as contact follow-up)
- Monitoring of travelers
- Data management
- Isolation and quarantine (including, but not limited to, housing; wrap-around services; security; environmental control; clean-up and waste management; and behavioral health services)
- Surge staffing, including costs to cover overtime and backfill for Town employees or contractors
- Risk communications support
- Public health coordination with healthcare systems
Hull thanked Wilmington Health Director Shelly Newhouse for her role in securing the funds.
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