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CDC Updates COVID-19 Guidance for Correctional Facilities and Shelters
On Tuesday, November 29, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated Guidance on Management of COVID-19 in Homeless Service Sites and in Correctional and Detention Facilities.
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(https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/homeless-correctional-settings.html)
What changed?
Following is a summary of the changes:
- Combines and replaces previous CDC guidance documents for COVID-19 in homeless service sites and correctional and detention facilities.
- Describes tailored everyday and enhanced COVID-19 prevention strategies.
- Recommends adding enhanced COVID-19 prevention strategies when the COVID-19 Community Levels are high (previously medium) or when there are facility-specific risks.
- No longer routinely recommends quarantine after someone is exposed to a person with COVID-19. Continues to provide considerations for facilities that prefer to continue implementing quarantine protocols.
- Includes an option to end isolation for people with COVID-19 after 7 days with a negative viral test.
- Emphasizes the importance of maximizing access to in-person visitation to promote correctional and detention facility residents’ mental health and well-being.
Want to learn more about the updated guidance?
The MDH COVID-19 Highly Impacted Settings Unit will present an overview of the updated guidance at the following webinars. We hope you can join us!
Shelters
Correctional Facilities
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Thursday, Dec. 8 at 11:00 a.m., MDH Webinar for Correctional Facilities
(Microsoft Teams meeting)
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Meeting ID: 257 610 966 191
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