The Eau Claire City-County Health Department’s call center became operational Wednesday and is available to anyone with COVID-19 questions.
The call center’s number is 715-831-7425. Its hours of operation are Monday-Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and on weekends from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
The call center was set up in the basement of Brewer Hall on the UW-Eau Claire campus and is staffed by shifts of seven to nine people. Most of those staffers are Health Department employees, according to Marisa Stanley, the department’s assistant director.
They have been joined by a few student volunteers from UW-EC’s College of Nursing, she said.
Updated information about the current statewide coronavirus situation is also available at the Health Department’s weekday press briefings held at 3:30 p.m. Those briefings can be viewed by the public on TV channel 13.2, which can be found on Spectrum Channel 193.