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COVID-19 Safety Updates

Posted on: April 9, 2020 - 6:45pm

Over the coming weeks it will be increasingly important to limit your time outside your home. When you are outside your home please use a face cover, per CDC recommendations. We now know that a significant portion of individuals with coronavirus lack symptoms, but can transmit the virus to others. In light of this new evidence, CDC recommends wearing cloth face coverings in public settings (e.g., grocery stores and pharmacies). It is critical to emphasize that maintaining 6-feet social distancing remains important to slowing the spread of the virus. Cloth face coverings fashioned from household items or made at home from common materials at low cost can be used as an additional, voluntary public health measure.

Our primary focus at this time is the safety of all Stonington residents, as such we are asking each of you to please adhere to the social distancing recommendations as best you can. Whenever you can, please stay home. When you need to leave your home to go to a grocery store or farmers market, the pharmacy, or a walk to get fresh air- please keep a minimum of 6 feet of distance from any others that are also out. Remember this is not just for your safety, but the most vulnerable in our community.

As a reminder, please continue to take steps to protect yourself and those around you, these include: wash your hands often and thoroughly; avoid touching eyes, nose and mouth; disinfect surfaces routinely; cough into your elbow; and stay home whenever possible. We can’t say enough times how important hand washing is for your safety and those around you.

If you are not feeling well, contact your physician by phone for instructions.  For general questions regarding COVID-19, please contact the Yale New Haven Hotline at 1-203-688-1700.  In the event of an emergency, dial 9-1-1.

State, Regional and Local Updates:

There are 14 confirmed cases in Stonington as of April 8, 2020. In New London country there are 139, 15 of which are hospitalized. In the state of Connecticut, there are 9,784 confirmed cases, with 1464 hospitalized. With great sorrow we share there have been 380 deaths associated with COVID-19.