VDH announcements as of April 14
RCAHD Partner Updates
Good afternoon partners,
We are headed into week two of the stay at home order and week four of having active COVID-19 cases in the Roanoke City and Alleghany Health Districts. We know that now is the time to continue the critical work of staying at home, social distancing, and rigorous hand washing. We’ve received many questions from organizations trying to navigate the stay at home order, hearing about positive COVID-19 cases, and protecting employees, clients, patrons, patients, visitors, and
volunteers.
We’ve assembled the guidance from CDC and other resources linked
below. We encourage everyone to review this information, communicate with your teams often, and encourage people with questions or concerns to call our call center!
COVID-19 Guidance for Businesses and Organizations
General guidance for workplaces: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-
ncov/community/guidance-business-response.html
Guidance for essential employees returning to work:
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/criticalworkers/implementing-safety-practices.html
OSHA Guidance for Preparing Workplaces:
https://www.osha.gov/Publications/OSHA3990.pdf
CDC Recommendations for Community-Related Exposure:
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/php/public-healthrecommendations.html
CDC Resources for Businesses: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-
ncov/community/organizations/businesses-employers.html
VDH Guidance for Businesses: http://www.vdh.virginia.gov/coronavirus/guidancefor-increased-absenteeism-sick-leave-policies/
Guidance for the Essential Critical Infrastructure Workforce:
https://www.cisa.gov/publication/guidance-essential-critical-infrastructure-workforce
Sign up for Emergency Alerts from the Virginia Department of Emergency
Management: https://member.everbridge.net/892807736728036/login
Local COVID-19 Resources for Businesses and Organizations
Roanoke Chamber of Commerce COVID-19 resources:
https://roanokechamber.org/covid-19/
Salem-Roanoke Chamber of Commerce COVID-19 resources:
http://www.s-rcchamber.org/communityresources
Society for Human Resources Management:
https://www.shrm.org/ResourcesAndTools/Pages/communicable-diseases.aspx
Alleghany Highlands Chamber of Commerce and Tourism:
https://ahchamber.com/covid-19-resources/
United Way of Roanoke Valley COVID-19 Resources:
https://www.uwrv.org/community-response-fund-covid-19/covid-19-resources/
Woods Rogers’ COVID-19 Resources:
https://www.woodsrogers.com/tag/coronavirus/
Flyers, attached: 6 ways to stop the spread, local Call Center, What to do if you’re
exposed, Stay Informed, Get Connected, Get Answers
For additional Questions and Concerns: Troubleshooting and Technical
Assistance
For Businesses and Organizations: Health Department Operations Center
The Roanoke City and Alleghany Health Districts’ Health Department
Operations Center is available to ORGANIZATIONS and MEDICAL
PROVIDERS to help support your public health needs. We can assist with
guidance interpretation and specific concerns.
Please call us directly at one of the following numbers: 540-204-9922, 540-
204-9923, 540-204-9924, 540-204-9925.
For the Public: Health Department Call Center
A Regional Call Center is available to the PUBLIC Monday – Friday from
8:00 am – 6:00 pm at 1-855-949-8378.
Please see attached for a flyer you can share and post.
Local Health Departments
Alleghany/Covington Health Department: 962-2173
Botetourt County Health Department: 473-8240
Clifton Forge Health Department: 962-2173
Craig County Health Department: 864-5136
Roanoke City Health Department: 283-5050
Roanoke County/Salem Health Department: 387-5530
Roanoke County/Vinton Health Department: 857-7800
Social Media
The newly launched RCAHD Facebook page is promoting public health
messaging. Please help us spread these messages by liking, sharing, and
commenting!
VDH, CDC, and WHO also have active social media pages. If you are on
social media please ‘like’ these pages and help us by sharing posts from
these trusted sources.
Resources in Spanish and other languages / Recursos en español
CDC websites on COVID-19 are available in Spanish. Visit the CDC
websites today.
Las páginas web de los CDC sobre el COVID-19 están disponibles en
español. Visita las páginas web de los CDC hoy.
https://espanol.cdc.gov/enes/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvrp9iOILTQZdKZTcAaYdyu4wKmh
GCJNc
CDC Resources in Chinese: https://chinese.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-
ncov/index.html
CDC Resources in Korean: https://korean.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-
ncov/index.html
CDC Resources in Vietnamese:
https://vietnamese.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html
CDC Resources in multiple languages:
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/communication/factsheets.html
Situation Updates and Websites
The COVID-19 Pandemic is a rapidly evolving situation. For the latest information
on COVID-19 please use the following websites:
Virginia Department of Health (VDH): www.vdh.virginia.gov/coronavirus
VDH has launched a new weekly COVID-19 report. The most recent is
available here: http://www.vdh.virginia.gov/coronavirus/weekly-report/
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC): www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-nCoV
World Health Organization
(WHO): www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019
Thank you for your support. Please don’t hesitate to reply to this email if you have any
questions or concerns. We are here to help!
–Submitted by Kristin Adkins, Roanoke -Alleghany Health District