As a city emergency continues, St. Louis Park city staff members are working with community members to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
During a March 30 virtual meeting, Fire Chief Steve Koering said city staff members have been assigned to work with leaders of senior facilities, public and private schools, the faith community, businesses, medical facilities and historically underserved populations.
A staff member contacts leaders of senior facilities daily by phone to discuss ways to keep the virus from infiltrating sites “and taking it really to a new level of chaos,” Koering said.
He said, “We have one of the most highly dense populations of seniors anywhere in the state of Minnesota.”
Asked by Councilmember Larry Kraft about cases in senior facilities, Koering said, “We’ve had cases where people have experienced symptoms, been proven positive, but so far any other contacts within that facility have not created another COVID incidence.”