Gov. Mike DeWine on Tuesday issued the following recommendation to help prevent the spread of coronavirus in Ohio:
Higher Education
– all universities and colleges in Ohio to screen students returning to school from international travel or cruises, including students returning from spring break travel.
-university-sponsored international travel, non-essential travel, and large gatherings be canceled or postponed.
-College and universities should also consider offering online/remote learning instead of in-person instruction.
K – 12 Schools
-NOT currently recommending the closure of elementary, middle, and high schools; however, school administrators should begin planning for that possibility.
-Parents should also begin planning for the potential that they may need to stay home with their children or find alternate child care solutions.
Athletics
-recommended that all indoor high school, college, and professional sports competitions take place only with athletes, parents, sporting officials, and media.
-currently, outdoor sporting events can continue as planned.
General Large Gatherings
-recommends that organizers of any events involving a large gathering of individuals in close proximity be canceled or postponed, such as parades.
Religious Institutions
-all religious institutions consider limiting practices that could spread germs, such as shaking hands or sharing a communal cup of wine during communion.
-Those in faith-based communities who are high-risk should consider staying home.
-communities should also consider appropriate outreach to those who may not be able to attend regular services.
Nursing Homes
New orders as of March 11:
-visitors are restricted to one person per resident per day with exceptions can be made for end-of-life cases.
-everyone seeking to enter a facility, including employees, vendors and family members, will be screened at every point of entry
-each individual will be screened for signs of illness and must submit to a temperature reading to gain entrance.
-all facilities will be required to keep a log of all who are admitted access.
Adult and Juvenile Correctional Facilities
– DeWine has ordered that visitations at Ohio’s adult and juvenile corrections facilities be suspended.
-contractors who are not critical to the workings of the facility will not be granted entrance. Those who are permitted into these facilities will be screened for symptoms of illness and must submit to a temperature reading.
-Source: Ofc. of Gov. Mike DeWine
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