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COVID-19 Briefing for the City of Watertown, SD - 03-25-2020
A
B
A
C
C
Each
of
us
has
a
backup
person
for
our
position
in
case
we
are
unable
to
serve.
We
have
a
plan
and
we're
carrying
it
out.
Our
command
team
is
meeting
frequently
sometimes
several
times
a
day.
This
being
a
medical
situation.
The
medical
professionals
on
the
team
will
make
it
known
when
it
is
time
to
take
another
step,
and
then
we
will.
C
Our
goal
is
to
slow
down
the
community
spread
as
much
as
we
can
to
keep
our
health
care
professionals
in
control
over
Co
vid
19
we're
doing
everything
we
can
to
maintain
control
and
get
us
back
to
100%
as
soon
as
possible.
The
city
of
Watertown
has
added
the
emergency
resolution
and
ordinance
earlier
this
week
to
our
website.
There's
been
confusion
about
which
businesses
have
been
shut
down
by
the
ordinance
that
we
passed.
We've
posted
both
the
resolution
and
the
ordinance
on
our
website
for
people
to.
C
Reinforce
enchi
leave
is
't
our
website
at
Watertown,
SD
is,
and
click
on
the
co
vid
icon
at
the
top.
That
will
take
you
to
all
of
the
kovat
information,
including
links
to
the
Facebook
site,
the
State
Department
of
Health
website
the
CDC
and
the
2-1-1
helpline
Center.
We
will
do
our
best
to
keep
that
site
up
to
date.
Thank
you.
Next
up
is
Cindy
Midland
representing
the
health
care
community.
B
Thank
you,
Mary
mayor
Karen,
again
I'm
Cindy
middlin,
with
Sanford
clinic
Watertown,
speaking
on
really
behalf
of
the
communities
health
care.
This
is
something
that
we
have
discussed
with
all
of
the
entities
in
town
today
wanting
to
focus
on
workers,
specifically
speaking
to
business
owners,
employers,
because
we're
seeing
a
lot
of
workers
being
sent
to
our
clinics
and
to
the
hospital
requiring
that
they
get
testing
before
they
can
come
back
to
work,
even
if
they've
not
been
exposed
to
someone
who
has
been
tested,
positive
or
suspected,
even
if
they
don't
have
any
symptoms.
B
Is
it
safe
for
me
to
return
to
work
so
I
guess
I
would
say
to
the
employers
if
you
have
a
worker
who
is
symptomatic-
and
this
would
include
a
fever
which
is
what
we're
looking
at,
is
100.4
or
higher
body
aches
cough
and
shortness
of
breath.
They
should
be
encouraged
to
self
isolate
and
contact
their
primary
care,
and
at
that
point
have
further
evaluation.
B
We
always
want
you
to
call
first,
and
we
can
talk
through
some
of
your
symptoms
in
triage
and
a
determination
will
be
met
whether
they
meet
the
criteria
for
being
tested
for
Kovan
19.
So
it
is
not
something
that
we
do
upon
demand.
We
follow
all
CDC
and
Department
of
Health
guidelines.
Please
do
not
put
your
employee
in
the
position
of
requiring
that
they
get
AK
Ovid
19
tests
before
returning
to
work,
because
that
may
not
happen.
Testing
is
based
on
medical
criteria
and
evaluation
by
clinician
and
is
not
available
upon
request.
B
If
you
have
a
worker
who
has
been
exposed
to
a
confirmed
case
of
kovat
19,
but
is
not
symptomatic,
they
should
contact
their
primary
care
provider
for
further
guidance.
I
would
add
for
those
workers
returning
from
a
cruise
or
a
high-risk
travel
location.
We
advise
isolation
which
I
will
discuss
in
more
detail
at
home
for
14
days,
even
if
they
are
not
symptomatic
again.
That
would
only
be
for
those
workers
returning
from
a
cruise
or
a
high-risk
location.
B
I
would
also
like
to
discuss
isolation
versus
quarantine
and
those
things
are
thrown
out
a
lot
and
a
lot
of
people
think
they're
interchangeable.
They
are
not
it's
an
important
distinction
and
it's
set
by
the
CDC,
so
everybody's
using
the
same
terminology.
Well,
as
I
mentioned,
we'll
post
the
link,
isolation
separates
people
who
are
already
sick
with
a
contagious
disease
to
see
if
they
become
sick,
I'm.
B
I
apologize
for
that
so
individuals
with
confirmed
or
suspected
kovat
19
who
have
stayed
home
home,
isolated
or
influenza.
We're
doing
the
same
thing
with
that
can
stop
home
isolation
under
the
following
conditions.
You
can
leave
home
I
home
isolation.
After
all,
three
of
the
conditions
are
met.
You've
had
no
fever
for
at
least
72
hours.
That
is
three
full
days
without
a
fever
without
the
use
of
medicine
that
reduces
fever,
and
you
have
improved
the
respiratory
symptoms.
B
If
you
have
a
fever
with
cough
or
shortness
of
breath,
but
have
not
been
exposed
to
someone
with
kovat
19
and
have
not
tested
positive
for
koban
19,
you
should
stay
at
home
away
from
others
until
72
hours
after
the
fever
is
gone
and
symptoms
get
better.
The
healthcare
community
is
following
CDC
Department
of
Health
guidelines,
and
we
ask
that
you
be
mindful
of
that.
We
have
a
lot
of
people
who
have
not
been
sick,
who
are
told
to
stay
home
for
14
days
if
it
meets
those
guidelines.
B
Yes,
if
somebody
who's
been
sick,
that's
where
we
have
those
three
rules
into
place
and
I
think
there
were.
A
lot
of
people
were
still
applying
that
14
days.
We
are
using
what
I
had
mentioned
three
things
that
no
fever
for
72
hours
and
you've,
improvement
of
respiratory
symptoms
and
you've
gone
at
least
two
days
without
a
fever
not
using
ibuprofen
or
Tylenol.
So
thank
you.
A
Thank
You
Cindy,
so
the
last
update
today
is
something
I'm
going
to
read
on
behalf
of
the
Watertown
Dental
Society.
This
public
service
announcement
reads
following
the
directives
from
the
American
Dental
Association,
the
Centers
for
Disease
Control
and
Prevention,
the
South
Dakota
State
Board
of
dentistry
in
the
governor's
office.
The
Watertown
dental
community
will
be
limiting
patient
care
to
urgent
and
emergent
dental
appointments
only
until
they
receive
further
instruction
all
non-essential
routine.
Dental
appointments
will
be
rescheduled
and
until
further
notice.
A
These
actions
are
to
support
national
efforts
to
fight
the
Cova
19
pandemic
and
ensure
the
health
and
the
health
of
others
stay
as
well.
Although
your
dental
providers
office
may
have
reduced
hours
during
this
time,
rest
assured,
as
the
Watertown
dental
community,
we
will
work
together
to
cover
your
emergency
dental
needs.
We
appreciate
your
understanding
and
we
will
continue
to
monitor
the
status
of
the
kovat
19
situation
on
both
the
national
and
local
level.
D
C
C
Are
we
actually
have
some
enforcement
that
we
can
do?
Okay,
the
ordinance
covers
that
and
I'll
just
read
it.
Any
violation
of
this
ordinance
is
subject
to
the
general
penalty.
Provision
of
section
13
point:
zero
one:
zero
one
penalty,
where
no
specific
provision
of
the
revised
ordinances
of
the
city
of
Watertown,
which
states,
wherever
in
any
of
the
ordinances
of
this
city
when
in
which
any
act
is
declared
to
be
unlawful,
illegal
or
is
prohibited.
There's
no
other
penalty
specifically
provided
for
the
violation
of
such
an
ordinance.
C
C
Do
expect
compliance
and
I
we've
already
seen
compliance
this
hasn't
even
taken
effect.
Yet,
and
most
of
our
community
is
already
working
very
hard
to
comply,
and
if
we
can
see
this
that
a
business
is
attempting
to
comply,
we're
not
going
to
come
down
heavy
we're
going
to
help
them
to
come
into
compliance
that
we're
more
concerned
that
they
comply.
Then
then
punishing
them
for
not
complying.
C
C
Sir,
there
I
personally
have
not
been
in
contact,
but
I
I
know
that
many
folks
in
our
community
are
in
contact
with
our
representatives
and
helping
to
understand
what's
going
on
and
what
will
take
effect
know.
Our
city
attorney
is
keeping
track
and
will
keep
us
up
to
date
on
everything
that
we
need
to
know
are.
C
Glad
I
don't
know
if
I'm
surprised,
I'm
I
am
my
heart
is
warmed
by
the
voluntary
compliance
that
we've
seen
all
throughout
our
community
and
that's
what
it
takes.
We
can
knock
this
down
and
we
can
keep
it
down
low
if
we
continue
to
act
proactively
like
we
are
so
no
I'm
I'm,
not
surprised,
I'm
glad
we.
C
D
This
may
be
a
long
way
down
the
road
yet,
but
when
the
time
comes,
when
things
are
allowed
to
start
to
reopen
whether
it
be
the
non-essential
businesses
or
your
public
buildings,
will
it
happen
in
stages?
Do
you
think,
or
will
everything
come
back
at
once,
I'm
just
curious
as
to
how
that
might
work,
I
would.
C
B
B
Great,
we
have
created
this
group
that
Mara
Karen
talked
about.
We
have
different
ways
to
reach
each
other,
obviously
by
phone
email,
we're
using
an
app
Microsoft
group,
and
but
we
have
a
lot
of
face-to-face
as
well.
I
talked
to
KC
Devore
who's,
the
CEO
at
Prairie
lakes,
quite
a
bit
because
we
share
we're
on
the
same
campus
and
so,
for
instance,
yesterday,
as
they
rolled
out
screening,
all
visitors,
patients,
visitors
and
employees,
we
coordinated
with
them
to
do
the
same
thing.
B
That's
not
something
we're
doing
at
all
or
Sanford
facilities,
but
since
we're
connected
and
our
Doc's
are
going
back
and
forth
and
it's
a
way
of
us
to
be
able
to
continue
taking
care
of
patients
without
being
interrupted.
We
work
together
to
make
sure
we
rolled
that
out
the
same
anything
else.
I
don't.
E
D
B
Also,
keep
in
mind
that
they're
going
to
different
labs,
so
there
isn't
a
central
way
to
count
all
of
them.
So
initially
all
of
them
went
to
the
Department
of
Health.
Then
we
started
using
private
labs
to
get
quicker
turnaround
and
then
Stanford,
and
then
there
also
were
approved
to
have
their
own
testing
done
at
their
own
labs.
So
it
was
really
not
a
good
way
to
count
how
many
are
out
there,
but
obviously
right
away
as
soon
as
we
know,
then
it
goes
through
the
proper
channels
of
the
Department
of
Health,
with.
D
B
Without
we
sent
it
to
see
far
because
it's
very
special
equipment
that
had
to
be
tested
and
shown
that
it
was
up
to
speed
and
would
be
equal
to
her
better
than
what
you'd
get
testing
elsewhere.
It
has
to
be
verified
so
yeah
that
all
goes
to
Sioux
Falls.
We
have
a
courier
that
goes
twice
a
day,
so
we
could
turn
around
pretty
quick.
You.
D
Mentioned
that
you're,
following
the
screening
procedures
that
prairie
lakes
implemented
today
as
well,
are
there
other
precautions
that
your
staff
is
taking
because
they're
around
potentially
carriers
every
day
when
they
come
in
to
be
seen
mm-hmm?
Are
there
extra
things
that
they're
doing
or
they're
being
mandated
to
do
to
keep
themselves
healthy,
yeah.
B
We
need
some
degrees,
I
think
that's
another
reason.
I
kind
of
spoke
to
employers
I
think
they
might
be
surprised
that
sometimes
they're
expecting
more
of
their
workers
than
we
are
VARs.
We
are
very
careful,
but
it's
very
tiered,
as
far
as
what
we're
doing,
for
instance,
the
people
at
the
front
that
are
doing
the
screening
they're
doing
a
temporal
temperature
check.
So
since
they're
close
enough
to
that
person,
that
person
is
masked,
but
they
don't
have
gloves
on
because
they're
just
touching
that
they're
cleaning
it
off
with
a
disinfectant.
B
The
other
person
who
is
asking
the
screening
questions
is
not
masked,
but
if
they
they
ask
those
questions.
First,
if
the
answer
yes
to
any
of
them,
we
mask
the
patient.
We
mask
ourselves
depending
on
how
they
answer,
which
questions
they
may
be
taken
directly
to
an
isolation.
Room
they're
asked
a
few
more
questions
would
be
completely
gound
and
donned.
B
If
you
are
going
to
test,
if
they
qualify
for
testing,
because
at
that
point
the
patient
would
have
their
mask
either
off
or
at
least
below
their
nose,
so
that
when
you
swab,
obviously
they're
gonna
cough
or
sneeze,
and
and
so
you
have
to
have
more
protection
on
the
healthcare
worker
in
those
situations
but
yeah.
There's
your
adequate.
B
I
think
we're
doing
a
really
good
job
of
not
only
having
a
good
supply
but
being
good
stewards
of
what
we
do
have
you
know
a
lot
of
patients.
We
have
that
say,
can
I
have
a
mask
and
I
have
a
mask?
Well,
if
you're,
not
coughing
or
sneezing,
we're
not
going
to
give
you
a
mask,
but
we
do
have
them
sitting
further
apart.
E
A
D
Cindy
I
remember
my
question
now
sorry
to
make
you
get
back
up
yesterday
when
when
Casey
was
here,
he
talked
about
the
the
screening
that's
taking
place
now,
has
your
staff
been
very
open
and
welcome
to
that
and
they're
comfortable
with
coming
in
every
day
and
going
through
the
procedure
that
Jennifer
just
mentioned?
Yes,.
B
They
are
as
a
matter
fact.
It
was
first
brought
up
at
our
medical
staff
meeting
on
Monday
and
they
were
very
supportive
of
it.
We
gave
staff
indication
that
we
were
going
in
that
direction
and,
like
prairie
lakes,
we
limited
the
number
of
entrances
and
exits,
so
it
was
easier
for
us
to
have
just
fewer
stations
to
do
that.
I
haven't
heard
any
feedback,
I
think
in
many
ways,
especially
our
front
staff.
B
D
B
And
also
to
save
on
PPE,
so
yeah
I
mean
it's
twofold.
Yes,
we
are
restricting
non-essential
surgeries
and
there's
a
very
measured
approach
to
that.
There
are
some
things
in
some
cases
would
be
elective
in
that
it's
screening,
but
that
same
procedure
might
become
diagnostic
depending
on
what
their
symptoms
are.
If
they've
had
some
issues
in
the
past,
and
so
some
of
those
are
really
dependent,
so
there's
some
of
those
in
the
gray
area,
but
Sanford
laid
out
some
really
good
procedures
and
kind
of
some
questions
to
go
through
for
our
surgeons
and
physicians.