After months of restrictions due to the coronavirus pandemic, nursing homes can resume visitations starting today.
Visitations should take place in outdoor settings and the facility need to be in compliance with testing requirements for all staff, according to guidelines released by the state.
Facilities should also screen visitors for coronavirus and keep a visitors log. Areas with higher risks of coronavirus exposure and spread should consider their access to testing and personal protection equipment before allowing visitors.
>> Nursing home residents, families ready for visits to resume
Free pop-up testing in JeffersonTwp. today
Public Health - Dayton and Montgomery County is hosting a free, pop-up coronavirus test site at the Montgomery County Fairgrounds in Jefferson Twp. today.
Testing is available from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 645 Infirmary Road.
Those interested in testing can pre-register for the event here, but no appointment or doctor’s note is necessary.
This is the third of three pop-up testing sites by public health. Last week, testing was also available in Huber Heights and Trotwood.
>> Coronavirus: Pop-up testing at Montgomery County Fairgrounds on Monday
From masks to remote learning to first days, schools differ on plans to reopen
As August approaches more school district are finalizing plans to return to class during the coronavirus pandemic, with policies and procedures varying for different districts.
Plans differ between districts on whether students have to wear masks at all times, if in-person classes will be five days a week or less and when classes will start.
Some districts are looking at their area’s alert level for guidance on policies, such as Beavercreek Schools.
A common theme among schools include offering both in-person and remote learning and thorough cleaning and disinfecting plans.
>> Schools’ reopening plans differ on masks, online school, more
Coronavirus could lead to economic crisis as thousands of Ohioans receive eviction notices
Thousands of Ohioans are receiving eviction notices as a patchwork of moratoriums and a prohibition on evictions housing that have federal subsidies or federally backed mortgages expire.
Local experts predict that the state could see a wave of evictions by late August or early September as court hearings resume across the state.
U.S. Sen. Rob Portman, R-Cincinnati, sponsored the Eviction Crisis Act in December 2019, and U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Cleveland, is sponsoring the Emergency Rental Assistance and Rental Market Stabilization Act
>> Pandemic, economic crisis to trigger wave of evictions, experts say
Nearly 75,000 total cases, 3,174 deaths reported in Ohio
As of Sunday, the Ohio Department of Health is reporting 74,932 total cases and coronavirus and 3,174 deaths attributed to the virus in the state.
Cases increased by 1,110 on Sunday, just below the average 1,173 cases of new cases reported over 24 hours.
There have been 9,555 hospitalizations reported during the pandemic in Ohio, with 2,315 ICU admissions.
Confirmed coronavirus cases are at 70,755 and deaths at 2,916, according to the ODH.
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