Wilton Library Advises, Educates, On Coronavirus

WILTON, CT — The Wilton Library has announced it is taking extraordinary steps to protect against the threat of the new coronavirus.

In an email to patrons, Elaine Tai-Lauria, the library's executive director, advised that their custodial crew is sanitizing public surfaces including doors, handles, railings, and service desks each evening after patrons leave the building. She also said that affixed hand sanitizers are stationed throughout the building for patron and staff use.

Gov. Ned Lamont has urged people to follow the travel guidance from the Centers for Disease Control in light of the continued spread of COVID-19.

"We are encouraging staff and patrons to stay home if they are not well," Tai-Lauria said in the email.

There have been no confirmed cases of the coronavirus in Connecticut. Wednesday night, the state Department of Public Health announced that four more Connecticut residents were tested for coronavirus at the Department of Public Health State Lab in Rocky Hill, and all four came back negative. To date, eight tests have been conducted at the facility, and all came back negative.

Tai-Lauria said that flyers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on COVID-19 are available at all service desks in the library, which has also assembled a resource page on the virus at its website.