The Mississippi State Department of Health has announced several schedule changes for Monday as much of the state sees freezing temperatures and ice left behind by Winter Storm Fern.
County health departments in the following will not be open on Monday: Adams, Alcorn, Amite, Attala, Benton, Bolivar, Calhoun, Carroll, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Clay, Coahoma, Copiah, DeSoto, Franklin, Grenada, Hinds, Holmes, Humphreys, Itawamba, Jefferson, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Lee, Leflore, Lincoln, Lowndes, Madison, Marshall, Monroe (Aberdeen), Monroe (Amory), Montgomery, Noxubee, Oktibbeha, Panola, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Quitman, Scott, Sharkey, Smith, Sunflower, Tallahatchie, Tate, Tippah, Tishomingo, Tunica, Union, Warren, Washington, Webster, Winston, Yalobusha, and Yazoo.
County health departments in the following will delay opening on Monday until 10 a.m.: Claiborne, Clarke, Jasper, Kemper, Leake, Neshoba, Newton, Rankin, Simpson, Walthall, and Wilkinson. MSDH’s Central Campus and all Jackson offices will delay opening until 10 a.m., as well.
County health departments in the following will have normal operations: Covington, Forrest, George, Greene, Hancock, Harrison, Jackson, Jefferson Davis, Jones, Lamar, Marion, Pearl River, Perry, Pike, Stone, and Wayne.
“The safety of our staff and the public remain our top priority. We continue to closely monitor weather and roadway conditions, and operational decisions may change as conditions evolve,” a release from MSDH said.