Tag: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

CDC Updates COVID-19 Metrics to Determine Community Risk Levels

by Community Contributor • February 28, 2022 • Comments Off

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has announced new metrics to guide COVID-19 mitigation practices.

The new metrics will continue to consider caseloads to determine community risk level and will also incorporate the impacts on the healthcare system as indicators to determine appropriate prevention measures for each county. According to the CDC, counties in Low and Medium can consider going without masks in public indoor settings. In High, the CDC recommends masks in all public indoor settings, including schools.

CDC recently updates many guidance documents available on their website

by Community Contributor • June 19, 2020 • Comments Off

CDC recently updated many of the guidance documents available on their website. These can be accessed on the Coconino County Health and Human Services (CCHHS) guidance webpage: https://www.coconino.az.gov/2374/Guidance

Coconino County Health and Human Services monitoring novel Coronavirus

by Community Contributor • January 24, 2020 • Comments Off

COCONINO COUNTY — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is monitoring an outbreak of the novel (new) coronavirus (2019-nCoV), a respiratory illness originating in Wuhan, China. Coconino County Health and Human Services (CCHHS), the Arizona Department of Health Services…