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COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL | MAY 20, 2021 | 3A Oregon adjusts guidelines for wearing masks and physical distancing indoors and outdoors Oregon Health Author- ity (OHA) on May 18 re- leased updated guidance about mask and physical distancing requirements for individuals fully vacci- nated against COVID-19. Under the updated guid- ance, people who are fully vaccinated will no longer Let us help you select the right wood fl ooring for any room! Stop by our showroom for a free design consultation and estimate. An Unparalleled Selection of Quality Wood Flooring Natural Hardwood | Engineered Hardwood Pine Flooring | Sustainable Bamboo Distressed Hardwood | Vinyl | Tile Rogers and Son Floor Covering 1324 E. Main St. | Cottage Grove 541-942-0500 |rogersandsonfl oorcovering.com be required to wear a mask indoors, in most public settings where vaccination status is checked. In public settings where vaccination status is not checked, masks will still be required. Finally, businesses and venue operators remain free to establish their own, more restrictive policies re- garding mask usage. In addition to exempting people who are fully vacci- nated from mask require- ments in most indoor set- tings, OHA health experts announced that mask re- quirements no longer apply to anyone who is outdoors. However, OHA recom- mends that individuals continue to wear a mask or face covering in crowded areas and large gatherings (such as sporting events), and to maintain physical distance as much as possi- ble. OHA urges unvaccinat- ed individuals and those at risk for complications to wear masks in these set- tings. The new guidance comes after the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Pre- vention (CDC) last week announced that individu- als who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 could stop wearing masks and stop physical distancing in most public spaces. Oregon’s Governor Kate Brown pointed to the CDC announcement as “another sign that as more people become fully vaccinated, the closer we are to ending this pandemic.” OHA Director Patrick Allen said, “Masks contin- ue to save lives and pro- tect people who are not vaccinated. However, last week’s announcement from the CDC emphasizes the point that safe and effec- tive vaccines are the very best way to protect people from getting and spreading COVID.” He added, “That’s why it’s safer for life to look more like normal for peo- ple who are fully vaccinat- ed. And why people who haven’t had a chance to get vaccinated should do so as soon as they can.” The new Oregon guid- ance says: Individuals in Oregon are no longer required to wear a face mask or phys- ically distance, wheth- er indoors or outdoors, two weeks after their final COVID-19 vaccination dose. A “fully vaccinated individual” is a person who has received both doses of a two-dose COVID-19 vaccine or one dose of a single-dose vaccine and at least 14 days have passed since the individual’s final dose of COVID-19 vac- cine. However, fully vaccinat- ed individuals are required to continue wearing a mask and observe physical dis- tancing on public transpor- tation and in schools, hos- pitals and clinics, homeless shelters, youth and adult correctional facilities and long-term care facilities. Businesses, employers and faith institutions can choose to no longer require masks and physical dis- tancing for fully vaccinated individuals or continue to require masks and physi- cal distancing in their lo- cations for all individuals, regardless of vaccination status. If a business, employer or faith institution chooses to no longer require masks Water supply and drought webinar We can beat any price in Eugene! Give us a call, we’ll chat. 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This year is aligning to be the same, if not worse. A link to the recorded webinar on YouTube can be found here: youtu.be/ FZq-WYdGKYk . and physical distancing, the business, employer or faith institution must re- quire visitors to show proof of vaccination and review the proof of vaccination. In that case, a business would need to have a policy for checking the vaccination status of customers and employees if they are not wearing masks. Fully vac- cinated individuals would need to provide proof they’d been vaccinated if they want to remove face coverings and not observe physical distancing guide- lines. In addition, state health experts announced that face coverings are no lon- ger required outdoors (re- gardless of vaccination sta- tus). OHA strongly recom- mends that people who are not vaccinated and people who are at high risk of se- vere COVID-19 disease continue to wear face cov- erings and physically dis- tance in outdoor crowded areas and large gatherings. 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