STATE NEWS
Important Webinar on February 8th at 2 PM: KDADS LTC Provider Webinar on Staff Vaccination Mandate and Testing
Time will be reserved for Q &A. Presenters: Deputy Secretary Scott Brunner, Commissioner Lacey Hunter, Assistant Commissioner Dawne Stevenson. Here is the link to participate.
Battelle Registration Increasing – Check on Your Organization’s Status
Since the last report, many additional LeadingAge Kansas are registered with the Battelle system. Please check your organization’s status here. It is important that all members register with Battelle, even if you are currently using another source for testing and do not plan to use Battelle at the current time. If you are not already registered, contact Maleah Slaughter at the Midwest Coordination Center or phone her at 1-614-424-3381.
FEDERAL NEWS
CDC Updates Recommendations for Duration of Isolation and Precautions
CDC has released updated recommendations for the duration of isolation and precautions in individuals with SARS-CoV-2 infection. As before, symptomatic individuals who are not immunocompromised, regardless of vaccination status, continue isolation and precautions for 10-20 days after exposure depending on the severity of illness. For individuals who are moderately to severely immunocompromised, CDC now recommends a test-based strategy to determine the duration of isolation and precautions. Read more here.
LEADINGAGE KANSAS NEWS
Join Us For Our Friday Webinars
If you haven’t registered for future calls, you can do so here.
LEADINGAGE NATIONAL NEWS
Are We Heading Toward Endemicity?
Dr. Monica Gandhi, frequent presenter at LeadingAge national’s coronavirus policy calls, thinks it is looking good for the US. England and Denmark have already moved to calling COVID an endemic. Read all her informative and mostly optimistic comments in this article, summarizing the interview with her on this week’s Update Call.
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