{"id":1127,"date":"2020-07-08T12:12:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-08T16:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gmvemsc.org\/covid19\/?p=1127"},"modified":"2020-08-20T16:28:59","modified_gmt":"2020-08-20T20:28:59","slug":"face-coverings-to-be-required-in-high-risk-counties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmvemsc.org\/covid19\/regional-news\/face-coverings-to-be-required-in-high-risk-counties\/","title":{"rendered":"Face Coverings to be Required in High-Risk Counties"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>COVID-19 Update:<\/strong> Face Coverings to be Required in High-Risk Counties<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(COLUMBUS, Ohio)\u2014Ohio Governor Mike DeWine announced today that effective on Wednesday, July 8, 2020, at 6:00 p.m., a new Ohio Department of Health order will mandate face coverings in public in all counties that are designated as a Red Alert Level 3 Public Health Emergency or a Purple Alert Level 4 Public Health Emergency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Currently, seven counties in Ohio are designated at Red Alert Level 3 which indicates that those in these counties have a very high risk of exposure and spread:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Butler County<\/li><li>Cuyahoga County<\/li><li>Franklin County<\/li><li>Hamilton County<\/li><li>Huron County<\/li><li>Montgomery County<\/li><li>Trumbull County<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>As of today, no counties have reached Purple Alert Level 4, however, Franklin County is approaching this top tier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;In addition to social distancing and reducing unnecessary interactions with others, we know that wearing a mask helps protect others in the community. It has been, and remains, a very strong recommendation that I urge all Ohioans to continue doing even if you are not in a red-alert county,&#8221; said Governor DeWine. &#8221;  In red-alert and purple-alert counties, however, we must do more to help protect citizens because the risk of spread is increasing even more.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last week, Governor DeWine announced the creation of Ohio&#8217;s Public Health Advisory System, which consists of four alert levels that provide Ohioans with guidance as to the severity of COVID-19 spread in the counties in which they live. Each level is calculated based on seven data-driven health indicators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Those in counties designated as Red Alert Level 3 or Purple Alert Level 4 are required to wear a face covering:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>In any indoor location that is not a residence;<\/li><li>When outdoors and unable to consistently maintain a distance of six feet or more from individuals who are not members of their household; or<\/li><li>While waiting for, riding, driving, or operating public transportation, a taxi, a private car service, or a ride-sharing vehicle.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The order does not apply to children under the age of 10 or any other minor who cannot safely wear a face covering. The order also reflects the mask guidance in place for employees and businesses which does not require a person to wear a mask if their physician advises against it, if wearing a mask is prohibited by federal regulation, if communicating with the hearing impaired, when alone in an office or personal workspace, and other similar measures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Schools that offer Kindergarten through Grade 12 instruction should follow the guidelines set forth last week by the Ohio Department of Education and the Ohio Department of Health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ohio Department of Health will update county rankings every Thursday. Any county that increases to Red Alert Level 3 will automatically be included in the face-covering mandate. Any county that decreases from Red Alert Level 3 to Orange Alert Level 2 will automatically be released from the face-covering requirement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>CURRENT OHIO DATA:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are 58,904 confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 in Ohio and 2,970 confirmed and probable COVID-19 deaths. A total of 8,383 people have been hospitalized, including 2,101 admissions to intensive care units. In-depth data can be accessed by visiting coronavirus.ohio.gov .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Video of today&#8217;s full update, including versions with foreign language closed captioning, can be viewed on the Ohio Channel&#8217;s YouTube page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information on Ohio&#8217;s response to COVID-19, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/coronavirus.ohio.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">coronavirus.ohio.gov<\/a> or call 1-833-4-ASK-ODH.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>COVID-19 Update: Face Coverings to be Required in High-Risk Counties (COLUMBUS, Ohio)\u2014Ohio Governor Mike DeWine announced today that effective on Wednesday, July 8, 2020, at 6:00 p.m., a new Ohio Department of Health order will mandate face coverings in public in all counties that are designated as a Red Alert Level 3 Public Health Emergency [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"author_meta":{"display_name":"Steve Weigold","author_link":"https:\/\/gmvemsc.org\/covid19\/author\/sweigold\/"},"featured_img":null,"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"post-thumbnail":false,"twentytwenty-fullscreen":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Steve Weigold","author_link":"https:\/\/gmvemsc.org\/covid19\/author\/sweigold\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"COVID-19 Update: Face Coverings to be Required in High-Risk Counties (COLUMBUS, Ohio)\u2014Ohio Governor Mike DeWine announced today that effective on Wednesday, July 8, 2020, at 6:00 p.m., a new Ohio Department of Health order will mandate face coverings in public in all counties that are designated as a Red Alert Level 3 Public Health Emergency&hellip;","coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/gmvemsc.org\/covid19\/category\/regional-news\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Regional News<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Regional News<\/span>"]}},"comment_count":"0","relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 6 years ago","modified":"Updated 6 years ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on July 8, 2020","modified":"Updated on August 20, 2020"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on July 8, 2020 12:12 pm","modified":"Updated on August 20, 2020 4:28 pm"},"featured_img_caption":"","series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmvemsc.org\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1127"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmvemsc.org\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmvemsc.org\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmvemsc.org\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmvemsc.org\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1127"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/gmvemsc.org\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1127\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1226,"href":"https:\/\/gmvemsc.org\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1127\/revisions\/1226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmvemsc.org\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmvemsc.org\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmvemsc.org\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}