As previously announced, the Community Center is open 9 a.m. – 12 noon, Monday through Friday. There are two rooms where you can use the internet: the Main Room upstairs and the Learning Center downstairs. These are limited to no more that 10 persons, and you are required to keep the 6-foot social distance. You are also required to sanitize your work area when you leave. Sanitation materials are provided.

This Tuesday, April 7, the upstairs will be reserved for the election and will not be open for any other purpose.

Due to recent guidance from the CDC, cloth face coverings or masks will be required for entrance into the Community Center – no exceptions. You may remove your face covering when sitting in your work area but when moving around in the building such as going to restroom or arriving/departing, you must wear a face covering.

This policy will be in effect for the duration of the Governor’s Safer at Home Order, which lasts until April 24, 2020.

I encourage you to adopt this practice when visiting any public space such as the post office, restaurants when you enter for take-out, convenience or grocery stores, etc.

Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.

DON’T CATCH IT – DON’T SPREAD IT

Below is the latest guidance from the CDC. More information on the status of the virus in Bayfield County can be found at the Bayfield County COVID-19 information page.

The CDC continues to study the spread and effects of the novel coronavirus across the United States. We now know from recent studies that a significant portion of individuals with coronavirus lack symptoms (“asymptomatic”) and that even those who eventually develop symptoms can transmit the virus to others before showing symptoms (“pre-symptomatic”). This means that the virus can spread between people interacting in close proximity – for example, speaking, coughing, or sneezing – even if those people are not exhibiting symptoms.

In light of this new evidence, the CDC recommends wearing cloth face coverings in public settings where other social distancing measures are difficult to maintain (e.g., grocery stores and pharmacies) especially in areas of significant community-based transmission.

It is critical to emphasize that maintaining 6-foot social distancing remains important to slowing the spread of the virus. The CDC is additionally advising the use of simple cloth face coverings to slow the spread of the virus and help people who may have the virus and do not know it from transmitting it to others. 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. Here is an example of a simple cloth face cover.

The cloth face coverings recommended are not surgical masks or N-95 respirators. Those are critical supplies that must continue to be reserved for healthcare workers and other medical first responders, as recommended by current CDC guidance.

This recommendation complements and does not replace the President’s Coronavirus Guidelines for America, which remains the cornerstone of our national effort to slow the spread of the coronavirus. The CDC will make additional recommendations as the evidence regarding appropriate public health measures continues to develop.