{"id":196530,"date":"2020-04-10T20:50:09","date_gmt":"2020-04-11T01:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=196530"},"modified":"2020-04-10T21:10:01","modified_gmt":"2020-04-11T02:10:01","slug":"quarantine-executive-order-expanded","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=196530","title":{"rendered":"Quarantine Executive Order expanded"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-196531\" src=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/tufteMylynn.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"183\" height=\"227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/tufteMylynn.jpg 183w, https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/tufteMylynn-141x175.jpg 141w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 183px) 100vw, 183px\" \/>BISMARCK, N.D. \u2013 State Health Officer Mylynn Tufte Friday issued an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.health.nd.gov\/state-health-officer-orders\">order<\/a> expanding on Gov. Doug Burgum\u2019s executive order <a href=\"https:\/\/www.governor.nd.gov\/sites\/www\/files\/documents\/executive-orders\/Executive%20Order%202020-21%20-%20Quarantine%20of%20COVID-19%20positives%2C%20household%20contacts.pdf\">2020-21<\/a> requiring individuals who are family or household contacts to quarantine for 14 days. <strong>To align with new CDC guidance<\/strong>, Tufte\u2019s order allows for essential workforce exemptions for individuals who are household contacts of people testing positive for COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>Individuals who are exempt include essential critical infrastructure workers as defined by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cisa.gov\/publication\/guidance-essential-critical-infrastructure-workforce\">United States Department of Homeland Security<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEmployers should continue to act aggressively to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in the workplace,\u201d said Tufte. <strong>\u201cThis includes allowing employees named as close contacts to self-quarantine for 14 days.<\/strong> When there are critical workforce shortages, the CDC guidelines that were released this week highlight important steps employers should take.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Essential workers who have been exposed but are not currently showing any symptoms of COVID-19 should adhere to the following practices prior to and during their work shift:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pre-Screen:\u00a0Employers should measure the employee\u2019s temperature and assess symptoms prior to them starting work. Ideally, temperature checks should happen before the individual enters the facility.<\/li>\n<li>Regular Monitoring:\u00a0As long as the employee doesn\u2019t have a temperature or symptoms, they should continue to self-monitor under the supervision of their employer\u2019s occupational health program.<\/li>\n<li>Wear a Mask:\u00a0The employee should always wear a face mask while in the workplace for 14 days after last exposure. Employers can issue facemasks or can approve employees\u2019 supplied cloth face coverings.<\/li>\n<li>Social Distance:\u00a0The employee should maintain 6 feet and practice social distancing as work duties permit.<\/li>\n<li>Disinfect and Clean work spaces:\u00a0Routinely clean and disinfect all areas such as offices, bathrooms, common areas and shared electronic equipment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If an employee becomes sick during the day, they should be sent home immediately and surfaces in their workplace should be cleaned and disinfected.<\/p>\n<p>The North Dakota Department of Health still strongly recommends that whenever possible, all close contacts of individuals infected with COVID-19 should stay home for 14 days past the last day they were in contact with the person who tested positive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BISMARCK, N.D. \u2013 State Health Officer Mylynn Tufte Friday issued an order expanding on Gov. Doug Burgum\u2019s executive order 2020-21 requiring individuals who are family or household contacts to quarantine for 14 days. To align with new CDC guidance, Tufte\u2019s order allows for essential workforce exemptions for individuals who are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":196531,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-196530","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-state"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196530","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=196530"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196530\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":196532,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196530\/revisions\/196532"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/196531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=196530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=196530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=196530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}