Coronavirus Wilton: Town Adopts Tough CDC Protocols

WILTON, CT — First Selectwoman Lynne Vanderslice announced Sunday that the Town will be adopting protocols that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advise for a pandemic, "to educate, protect and prepare our community during the coronavirus outbreak."

The fresh guidelines came the same day that the Connecticut Department of Public Health State Laboratory confirmed the first presumptive positive case of COVID-19 involving a Connecticut resident was a Wilton resident.

In a statement posted to the Town's website, Vanderslice describes the CDC's "non pharmaceutical intervention" as broken down into "personal, environmental, and community" categories:

"Personal: All residents are asked to take personal responsibility for their health and the health of their family members through active monitoring of their health. This should include twice daily temperature checks and the following preventative measures:

• Frequent handwashing with soap for at least 20 seconds and use of hand sanitizers, with at least 60% alcohol, when soap is not available
• Avoid touching your eyes, nose and mouth
• Cough into a tissue and then throw the tissue away. If tissues aren’t available, cough into your elbow
• Stay home when you are sick
• Contract your personal physician if you have concerns about your health

"Environmental:

• Use extra care to clean and disinfect surfaces, including door handles, cell phones and keyboards
• Use household products specifically designed to disinfect

"Community: All residents are asked to practice social distancing.

• Maintain a distance between yourself and others. Six feet is ideal, three feet is a recommended minimal distance
• When attending public events, leave a seat between you and the person adjacent and behind you"

The Town's health and public safety and medical personnel have been and are prepared for medical emergencies, according to Vanderslice.

"Additional proactive measures have been taken, including additional meetings and coordination within town government and meetings and coordination with the Wilton public schools, VNA school and public health nurses, Norwalk Hospital, Wilton long-term care facilities, Wilton private schools, preschools and daycare facilities and certain Wilton businesses," Vanderslice said.

Social distancing protocols have been developed and have or are in the process of adoption by town departments and employees, and the Town is requesting the public’s cooperation when visiting a town building.

Town buildings are equipped with hand sanitizers and cleaning protocols have been increased, according to the news release.

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