Good afternoon! On behalf of the NCEHSOP Committee, we hope that you and your families are holding up well during the trying times of the COVID-19 crisis. These are certainly historically stressful times for everyone, and all of us are trying to navigate through this pandemic as best we can. After much thought and discussion,…

As the COVID-19 situation evolves across our state, we have been receiving questions about what to do if a food service employee tests positive or is a presumptive positive. I have attached a guidance document we developed to address this. Also, in an effort to help local health departments and establishments with the changing takeout…

I wanted to share some resources with you this morning that will be helpful as additional questions come in throughout the state related to COVID-19. For ease of access, we have added all of the materials we have created to our EHS Preparedness Website. As we continue to develop guidance and information we will add…

As you know, guidance associated with COVID-19 is subject to change since we learn more every day. Today there was a change in the status of disease transmission that affects the enforcement of public health control measures. In light of new information today regarding the presence of community spread of COVID-19 in North Carolina, local…

We have been working to help provide guidance to restaurants about reducing COVID-19 transmission. I know this is something that industry and local health departments have been asking for. It is attached here. We also have created a recommendation document for doing field work during this outbreak. As public health professionals, we need to be…