Missoula City County Health Officer Ellen Leahy made it official on Monday: The mask mandate has been lifted, and the masks that were once required and now only recommended.
Following a nationwide search, the Missoula City County Health Department has looked within and selected D’Shane Barnett to replace outgoing Health Officer Ellen Leahy.
The Missoula City County Health Department issued a press release ion Thursday celebrating a milestone in the battle against the COVID pandemic, but it came with a cautionary note.
Missoula City County Health Officer Ellen Leahy told KGVO News on Tuesday that she and the health department were not caught off guard by Governor Greg Gianforte’s announcement that all Montanans will be eligible to be vaccinated starting April 1.
Both the Mayor and the Missoula County Commissioners have officially asked Health Officer Ellen Leahy to institute a mandatory masking order ‘in businesses licensed by the Missoula City County Health Department or City of Missoula’.
Bit by bit, life in Missoula County will begin to resemble as much normalcy as possible with new pronouncements from Health Officer Ellen Leahy on the opening of hair salons, barber shops and other personal care businesses.
At a press conference on Friday, Health Officer Ellen Leahy announced restrictions that were more limiting than Governor Bullock set for Phase One of reopening the state.
At a press conference conducted by Mayor John Engen and a plethora of city and county officials on Friday, the City County Health Department imposed more stringent guidelines on what businesses may open as per Governor Bullock’s order of April 22.