{"id":1200,"date":"2020-10-26T20:39:53","date_gmt":"2020-10-27T01:39:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/outbreak-planning\/?p=1200"},"modified":"2022-04-11T15:28:49","modified_gmt":"2022-04-11T20:28:49","slug":"public-health-officials-provide-recommendations-for-safe-holiday-planning-as-cases-rise-across-the-nation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/outbreak-planning\/2020\/10\/26\/public-health-officials-provide-recommendations-for-safe-holiday-planning-as-cases-rise-across-the-nation\/","title":{"rendered":"Public Health Officials Urge Safety in Planning Holiday Celebrations As COVID-19 Cases Rise"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Current Status<\/h3>\n<p>Augsburg has been able to keep its 14-day on-campus case rate below 1% for the past several weeks. At the same time, however, we are seeing a noticeable increase in reports of positive COVID-19 tests among students who live off campus and have only online classes.<\/p>\n<p>With the number of COVID-19 cases climbing in the region and across the nation, public health officials are underscoring the importance of planning for safe activities during the upcoming holidays. (See the <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/outbreak-planning\/covid-19-alert-levels-dashboard\/\">October 24 COVID-19 Dashboard<\/a> for additional Augsburg and local-area metrics.)<\/p>\n<h3>Recommended Action<\/h3>\n<p>The Minnesota Department of Health has published safe holiday guidelines for\u00a0Halloween, D\u00eda de los Muertos, and Thanksgiving.<\/p>\n<p>Below are the top six Halloween recommendations for college and university students:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"circle\">\n<li class=\"m_4158123141089179357MsoListParagraph\">Incorporate a mask into your costume!<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/li>\n<li class=\"m_4158123141089179357MsoListParagraph\">Dress up warm and stay outside.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/li>\n<li class=\"m_4158123141089179357MsoListParagraph\">Avoid gatherings of 5 or more.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/li>\n<li class=\"m_4158123141089179357MsoListParagraph\">Get dressed up but stick with a small group or show off your costume over a Zoom party.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/li>\n<li class=\"m_4158123141089179357MsoListParagraph\">Don\u2019t go to bars or parties where there are large crowds. If you go to a bar, go to one that follows social distancing.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/li>\n<li class=\"m_4158123141089179357MsoListParagraph\">Be smart and safe now so that you don\u2019t take COVID-19 to your families at Thanksgiving.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1201\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1201\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.debeaumont.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/deBeaumont-HalloweenSafety-2.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1201\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/outbreak-planning\/files\/2020\/10\/debeaumontinfographic-1024x155.jpg\" alt=\"Three jack-o-lanterns with the words &quot;safe,&quot; &quot;less safe&quot; and &quot;unsafe&quot;\" width=\"800\" height=\"121\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/outbreak-planning\/files\/2020\/10\/debeaumontinfographic-1024x155.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/outbreak-planning\/files\/2020\/10\/debeaumontinfographic-300x45.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/outbreak-planning\/files\/2020\/10\/debeaumontinfographic-768x116.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/outbreak-planning\/files\/2020\/10\/debeaumontinfographic-1200x181.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/outbreak-planning\/files\/2020\/10\/debeaumontinfographic.jpg 1852w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1201\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click the image above to access an easy-to-read PDF infographic from the de Beaumont Foundation illustrating Halloween safety recommendations from the Center for Disease Control.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Current Status Augsburg has been able to keep its 14-day on-campus case rate below 1% for the past several weeks. At the same time, however, we are seeing a noticeable increase in reports of positive COVID-19 tests among students who live off campus and have only online classes. With the number of COVID-19 cases climbing &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/outbreak-planning\/2020\/10\/26\/public-health-officials-provide-recommendations-for-safe-holiday-planning-as-cases-rise-across-the-nation\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Public Health Officials Urge Safety in Planning Holiday Celebrations As COVID-19 Cases Rise&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":48,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/outbreak-planning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/outbreak-planning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/outbreak-planning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/outbreak-planning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/48"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/outbreak-planning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1200"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/outbreak-planning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1200\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2227,"href":"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/outbreak-planning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1200\/revisions\/2227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/outbreak-planning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/outbreak-planning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/outbreak-planning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}