According to Scioto County EMA, our county’s COVID level is being raised back to red, or Level 3, on the Ohio Department of Health’s Public Health Advisory System today.
As a reminder:
- All internal doors at SCDD buildings must remain open unless there is a valid reason that will not allow it (meetings of a confidential matter, safety of employees and students, etc.)
- Any visitors to the buildings must be by appointment only, and only when it cannot be arranged differently
- No trips with close proximity of other staff, students, or other service recipients.
- We will be continuing our intense sanitization processes.
According to the Scioto EMA social media:
Level Three (Red) means a county has met four or five of the seven indicators of the ODH Public Health Advisory System and there is very high exposure and spread of COVID19 in the county. The population is urged to limit activities as much as possible and follow current health orders.
Recommendations include all those from Levels One and Two which are:
-Conduct a daily health/symptom self-evaluation and stay home if symptomatic.
-Maintain social distancing at least 6-feet from non-household members
-Wear face covering in public, especially when social distancing is difficult to maintain
-Increase caution when interacting with others not practicing social distancing or wearing face covers
-Avoid traveling to high risk areas
-Follow good hygiene standards including:
-Wash hands frequently with soap and water for at least 20-seconds
-Use hand sanitizer frequently
-Avoid touching your face
-Cover coughs or sneezes (e.g. into tissue or elbow)
-Avoid contact with anyone considered high-risk
-High-risk individuals should take extra care to follow precautions
(High-risk includes older adults and those with underlying medical conditions such as cancer, chronic kidney disease, COPD, weakened immune system from solid organ transplant, obesity, serious heart conditions, sickle cell disease, or Type 2 diabetes)
-Decrease in-person interactions outside the household
-Seek medical care as needed, but limit or avoid unnecessary visits to hospitals, nursing homes, and residential facilities to see others as much as possible
Level 3 adds these recommendations:
-Decrease in-person interactions with others
-Consider necessary travel only
-Limit attending gatherings of any number