The City of Middletown has issued a stay at home advisory for citizens, going into effect today (Nov. 23), due to the influx of COVID cases.
The health advisory asks Middletown residents to do the following to help already taxed medical staff and hospital capacity limits:
- Stay at home to the greatest extent possible. Only leave home for work, school or essential needs such as food or medical care.
- Limit exposure in your home. Only immediate household members should be allowed in. Re-think your holiday plans to limit gatherings.
- Continue to follow all health orders and advisories such as: wear a mask; maintain at least 6 feet of distance from others; wash hands frequently and stay home when you are ill.
- All gatherings should be limited to 10 or fewer. This includes both inside and outside of your home.
- If you have symptoms of COVID-19…isolate and call your primary care provider for next steps.
- If you have been diagnosed with COVID-19, Ohio Department of Health orders you to isolate for 10 days from the date of symptom onset, or from the date of test collection (until you are not experiencing symptoms). In the home, sick or infected individuals should separate themselves from others by staying in a specific “sick room” or area and use a separate bathroom, if available. Don’t wait to hear from your health department — begin these steps immediately.
- Residents who have been identified as a contact to an individual with COVID-19 should quarantine for one full incubation period (14 days) from the day of last contact. Individuals in quarantine should stay home, separate from others, monitor their health and follow all instructions from the Ohio Department of Health, CDC and City of Middletown Health Department.
- Employers are strongly encouraged to accommodate remote working arrangements for as many employees as possible.
It’s basically current common-sense advice as well as general Ohio Department of Health advice on how to not get COVID.
The official document does not list how long the advisory will be in effect.
This article appears in The Gift Guide.