To maximize protection from the multiple variants of the virus that causes COVID-19 and prevent possibly spreading it to others, the CDC recommends the following:

• wear a mask indoors in public if you are in an area of substantial or high transmission.

  • Wearing a mask over your nose and mouth is required on planes, buses, trains, and other forms of public transportation traveling into, within, or out of the United States and while indoors at U.S. transportation hubs such as airports and stations. Travelers are not required to wear a mask in outdoor areas of a conveyance (like on open deck areas of a ferry or the uncovered top deck of a bus).

• Stay 6 feet away from others (about 2 arm lengths)

• Wash your hands often

  • Wash your hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds especially after you have been in a public place, or after blowing your nose, coughing, or sneezing.

  • It’s especially important to wash:

    • Before eating or preparing food

• Before touching your face

• After using the restroom

• After leaving a public place

• After blowing your nose, coughing, or sneezing

• After handling your mask

• After changing a diaper

• After caring for someone sick

• After touching animals or pets

• If soap and water are not readily available, use a hand sanitizer that contains at least 60% alcohol. Cover all surfaces of your hands and rub them together until they feel dry.

• Avoid touching your eyes, nose, and mouth with unwashed hands.

• Cover coughs and sneezes

  • If you are wearing a mask: You can cough or sneeze into your mask. Put on a new, clean mask as soon as possible and wash your hands.

  • If you are not wearing a mask:

    • Always cover your mouth and nose with a tissue when you cough or sneeze, or use the inside of your elbow and do not spit.

    • Throw used tissues in the trash.

    • Immediately wash your hands with soap and water for at least 20 seconds. If soap and water are not readily available, clean your hands with a hand sanitizer that contains at least 60% alcohol.

• Clean and disinfect

  • Clean high touch surfaces daily. This includes tables, doorknobs, light switches, countertops, handles, desks, phones, keyboards, toilets, faucets, and sinks.

• Monitor your health daily

  • Be alert for symptoms. Watch for fever, cough, shortness of breath, or other symptoms of COVID-19. Especially important if you are running essential errands, going into the office or workplace, and in settings where it may be difficult to keep a physical distance of 6 feet.

  • Take your temperature if symptoms develop.

  • Don’t take your temperature within 30 minutes of exercising or after taking medications that could lower your temperature, like acetaminophen.

VISIT BALTIMORE

Visit Baltimore has partnered with the Global Biorisk Advisory Council to bring its GBAC STAR Accreditation program to local hotels, meeting centers and attractions. STAR is the cleaning industry’s only outbreak prevention, response and recovery accreditation for facilities. This performance-based accreditation program helps facilities demonstrate they have the work practices, procedures and protocols to prepare, respond and recover from outbreaks and pandemics to instill confidence in customers, staff and key stakeholders. GBAC is a division of the International Sanitary Supply Association (ISSA), the worldwide cleaning industry association. 

For more information about Visit Baltimore safety practices and COVID-19 protocols visit https://baltimore.org/covid-19-updates-resources/