Coronavirus: City Of Fargo To Host COVID-19 Public Briefing

Press release from the City of Fargo:

3/24/2020

The City of Fargo will host a COVID-19 public briefing along with other metro governments at the city and county level, public health experts at the local and state level as well as metro healthcare systems Sanford Health and Essentia Health. Speakers will include:

• Fargo Mayor Dr. Tim Mahoney
• West Fargo Commission President Bernie Dardis
• Moorhead Mayor Johnathan Judd
• Cass County Commission Chair Chad Peterson
• Clay County Commission Vice-chair Jim Haney
• Director of Fargo Cass Public Health Desi Fleming
• North Dakota Department of Health Field Epidemiologist Brenton Nesemeier
• Clay County Public Health Administrator Kathy McKay
• Essentia Health Chief Medical Officer Dr. Richard Vetter
• VP and Medical Officer of Sanford Fargo Dr. Doug Griffin

Each organization will provide health updates and information pertaining to recent developments in the COVID-19 pandemic. The briefing begins at 11 a.m. Wednesday, March 25 at Fargo City Hall.
In an effort to exercise Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines pertaining to social distancing, members of the public and media will not be admitted into the Commission Chambers facility during the briefing. Interested parties are encouraged to watch the briefing via a livestream hosted on the City of Fargo’s Facebook and Twitter accounts, on the web at http://www.TVFargo.com or via the Fargo Access Channel 56.

This press release was produced by the City of Fargo. The views expressed here are the author’s own.