The Colorado Department of Health and Environment (CDPHE) has updated its policies regarding COVID-19 prevention efforts across state schools, including isolation and quarantine protocols.
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The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control updated its COVID-19 guidance for K-12 schools booklet to reflect the latest COVID-19 data and trends.
about school guidance and protocols that vary district to district and even school to school. many worry their kids are at risk. >> they got to use the same bathrooms. you know, the same lunchroom, so you expose everybody to covid. >> reporter: more than 2,000 k- 12 schools have already closed or offer remote learning but most of america's major school systems will resume this week by teaching in person, while they can. >> if the teachers we have are coming down with the virus, who is going to teach the students. >> reporter: in this covid crash course, testing is key. dr. matthew harris is a physician at northwell health in new hyde park new york. >> we're seeing a scramble to get rapid tests and pcr's to students and faculty ahead of their return tomorrow. >> reporter: is testing enough? >> i think testing in combination with robust vaccination program is a
38-year-old Wayne County Sheriff's Deputy Sean Riley was killed in the line of duty on Wednesday (December 29). He was a three-year veteran of the Sheriff's Department and served as a corrections officer and patrol deputy. Services will be held Tuesday (January 4) at 11 at the FCHS gymnasium, and visitation will be Monday from 3 to 7, with a first-responder walkthrough at 6. You can hear more details in our obituaries later in the newscast, as well as read them all on wfiwradio.com. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Sean Riley Benefit Fund at Trust Bank in Cisne. Burial will be in Cisne Cemetery, and the community is asked to show their support by lining the procession route. On Tuesday, January 4th starting at approximately 5:30pm, Fairfield Memorial Hospital staff will be gathering on the front lawn of the Hospital for a candlelight prayer vigil in memory of Deputy Sean Riley. The public are invited to attend this event. In the event that the ground is too wet, the event will be moved to the Dr. Scranton Memorial Drive. Parking is available in the Hospital's parking lot and at the Medical Arts Complex parking lot located at 213 NW 10th Street in Fairfield. A collection will be taken for anyone wishing to donate to the Memorial Fund established for Deputy Riley's family. For any questions, contact FMH Administration at 618-847-8243 or FMH Marketing Director Shauna Williams at 618-847-8242. Fairfield Memorial Hospital honors an employee each month who has been nominated by their peers for providing extraordinary patient care and customer services within and outside of the Hospital. Tracy Drawhorn, who works in the Nutritional Services Department at Fairfield Memorial Hospital, was selected as the December 2021 Employee of the Month. Tracy has been with Fairfield Memorial Hospital since January of 2021. Tracy works hard, confidently and positively in the FMH Café'. The Illinois Department of Public Health Thursday reported 128,246 new confirmed and probable cases of coronavirus disease in Illinois, including an increase of 386 deaths since December 23. The state will not be updating its website over the Holiday weekend. Wayne County reported from 12-27-2021 through 12-30-2021 reports 81-New Cases, 3607-Overall Total Wayne County Covid-19 Cases to Date. 156-Current Total of Wayne County Residents Isolating with 1-Covid-19 Related Deaths Reported, 66-Overall Total reported Wayne County Covid-19 Related Deaths. (*2 positive cases previously reported upon further investigation were transferred to other counties/states, so an adjustment has been made to our overall cases number to reflect the same). Currently, IDPH is reporting a total of 2,149,548 cases, including 27,821 deaths, in Illinois. As of Wednesday night, 5,689 individuals in Illinois were reported to be in the hospital with COVID-19. Of those, 1,010 patients were in the ICU and 565 patients were on ventilators. The preliminary seven-day statewide positivity for cases as a percent of total test from December 23-29, is 10.2%. The preliminary seven-day statewide test positivity from December 23-29, is 14.4%. A total of 19,176,277 vaccines have been administered in Illinois as of last Wednesday night. The seven-day rolling average of vaccines administered daily is 46,046 doses. Since Thursday, December 23, 322,324 doses were reported administered in Illinois. Of Illinois' total population, more than 72% has received at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose and more than 64% of Illinois' total population is fully vaccinated according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. One of the three men charged with the murder of Roger Courson of rural Edgewood in September has been charged with the attempted escape from Clay County Jail las week. 30-year-old Walter West of Edgewood was charged Tuesday with escape of felon from a penal institution. The incident occurred December 23 as West was being returned to his cell from a visiting booth. West ran from the jail, was pursued east of the jail to an area along the Little Wabash River approximately 100 yards from the jail. Clay County Sheriff Andy Myers and deputies established a perimeter in the area and requested assistance from other agencies. West was located about 15 minutes later under a root wad by the deputy who had initially pursued him. West was taken into custody without further incident. West and his co-defendants in Courson's murder Jamie Charlton of Salem and Christopher Gallatin of Centralia were in Clay County Circuit Court Wednesday for an evidentiary hearing. Trial dates have not yet been set. The Illinois Department of Public Health is adopting the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's recommendation to reduce the number of days for isolation and quarantine for the general public. The CDC updated its recommendation on December 27, to decrease isolation for people who test positive from 10 days to 5 days if they do not have symptoms, but they must continue to mask for 5 days after isolation ends. These recommendations apply to all individuals, including those who are unvaccinated or are not boosted even though they are eligible. The CDC also recommended reducing quarantine from 10 days to 5 days for those who are close contacts to a COVID-19 case and have no symptoms, but individuals should continue to mask for 5 days after quarantine ends. Schools should continue to follow the IDPH COVID-19 School Guidance for children who have received the primary vaccination series and are not eligible for booster doses after 6 months. IDPH has already adopted CDC's updated guidance for health care personnel issued last week. Health care personnel and other specific groups and setting should continue to follow their respective guidance. The minimum wage in Illinois is set to increase another dollar on Saturday, January 1st. The new wage will be $12 an hour. Minimum wage workers are being encouraged to keep a close eye on their paychecks in the new year. Any time worked in 2022 must reflect the new $12 an hour minimum wage. Workers under 18 years old and who work fewer than 650 hours in a year will earn a minimum wage of $9.25 per hour beginning January 1. The youth minimum wage rate will gradually rise to $13 an hour by 2025. River stages as of this morning: the Little Wabash east of Fairfield stands at 17.71 feet, above the 17 ft. flood stage. Meanwhile, the Skillet Fork at Wayne City has a reading of 6.14 feet (flood stage is 15 ft.). The Little Wabash below Clay City is at 18.04 feet (flood stage is 18 ft.). Bonpas Creek at Browns reads 3.96 feet, and the Little Wabash at Main Street in Carmi reads 12.53 feet. The Wabash River at Mt. Carmel sits at 16.26 feet.
Isolation has decreased from 10 days to 5 days for those who do not have symptoms (may include fever, chills, sore throat, cough, shortness of breath, body aches, loss of
These updates come as the Omicron variant continues to spread throughout the U.S. and reflects the current science on when and for how long a person is most infectious, IDPH said.