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a. Approve and authorize the Director of Health or Assistant Director of Health to execute a non-standard COVIDNet Participation Agreement between the County of Monterey and the California Department of Public Health for the term of upon execution through June 30, 2025, for the Participation of COVID Network of California Laboratories for SARS-Co-V-2 Whole Genome Sequencing.
b. Approve non-standard risk provisions in Agreement as recommended by Director of Health.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
a. Approve and authorize the Director of Health or Assistant Director of Health to execute a non-standard COVIDNet Participation Agreement between the County of Monterey and the California Department of Public Health for the term of upon execution through June 30, 2025, for the Participation of COVID Network of California Laboratories for SARS-Co-V-2 Whole Genome Sequencing.
b. Approve non-standard risk provisions in Agreement as recommended by Director of Health.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
The California Department Public Health has partnered with the Chan-Zuckerburg Biohub and other COVIDNet participating laboratories to conduct and facilitate whole genome sequencing of COVID-19 specimens. The purpose of COVIDNet is to include all city and county public health laboratories currently performing whole genome sequencing into one system to better inform outbreak investigations and public health surveillance across California. COVIDNet endeavors to bring consistency and continuity to how public health laboratory scientists and epidemiologists detect, characterize, and investigate SARS-CoV-2 virus transmission and containment.
The agreement allows the Health Department to join other local health jurisdictions to better trace and track outbreaks including those that would have previously gone undetected, and to inform public health action pursuant to Health and Safety Code section 100325. Approval of the recommended action will allow t...
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