(Atlantic) – The Cass County Board of Health met via conference call Monday afternoon. During their session, the Board re-elected Doctor Wessels as Board Chair, and elected Betty Johnson to continue as Board Secretary. Vice-Chair, Dr. Todd Bean, stepped-down from the Vice-Chair position because of his busy schedule. The Board then elected Mary Strong to fill the post. Cass County Public Health Director Beth Olsen said there continues to be progress on vaccinations.

She said they’re making rounds this week to nursing homes to inoculate new residents who haven’t received a COVID vaccine.

Beth said also, they are pushing out the vaccines as soon as they receive them.

Members of the Board of Health told Olsen they are pleased with how smoothly the vaccination process is going. Olsen said Public Health gets their vaccines from Moderna. Rex & the Hy_Vee Pharmacies are working with Pfizer. The one-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine Olsen said is hard to come by.