California will allow schools, day camps, bars, gyms, campgrounds and professional sports to begin reopening with modifications starting next Friday.
The state also released guidance Friday for counties to follow to reopen a broad range of businesses that have been closed since mid-March because of concerns about spreading the coronavirus. The state's guidance included rules on hotels, casinos, museums, zoos and aquariums and the resumption of music, film and television production.
The rules on schools and day camps will apply statewide. But only counties that have met certain thresholds on the number of cases, testing and preparedness will be allowed to start reopening the other sectors.
Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom has been moving the state through a methodical four-step process for reopening. Most of the new businesses are part of “Phase 3.” Nail salons are not included in the list, Mark Ghaly, the state’s top health official, said.
Ghaly stressed that it is up to counties to determine whether they are ready to reopen based on their ability to manage an expected increase in the number of those testing positive. But the state is monitoring and preparing for a potential increase in cases due to broader reopening and mass protests across the state against racial injustice.
Below are highlights from the guidelines for various sectors.
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Fitness facilities
Gyms and fitness studios are encouraged to:
- Give patrons temperature and/or symptom screenings upon arrival
- Ask patrons to use hand sanitizer and to wear face coverings
- Make face coverings available to anyone who arrives without one. "It is highly recommended that patrons wear face coverings when entering and leaving the facility and should consider wearing them during workouts. Considerations should be made for members who are unable or unwilling to wear a face covering and ensure that they are able to maintain physical distance," the guidance says.
- Equip entrances and exits, exercise machines, fitness rooms, changing rooms and locker rooms, and other areas with proper sanitation products, including hand sanitizer and sanitizing wipes, and provide personal hand sanitizers to staff who regularly engage with patrons (e.g., reception staff).
- Require patrons to disinfect individual exercise equipment, mats, and machines before and after use with provided disinfecting wipes.
If members are unable or unwilling to wipe/disinfect equipment after exercise, the facility is encouraged to provide “ready to clean” tags for members to place on equipment after use, to ensure equipment is disinfected by staff before the next use.
Other guidelines include:
- Consider implementing a check-out system for patrons to utilize any small equipment and accessories (i.e. exercise bands, ropes, mats, foam rollers, etc.). Develop a process to clean and disinfect these items upon return.
- Encourage patrons to bring their own towels and mats and consider disbanding the provision of any facility-provided towels or personal hygiene products.
- Amenities, including magazines, books, self-serve water stations (unless touchless), and other items for patrons, must be removed from reception areas and elsewhere in the fitness facility. Non-essential vanity items should also be removed from locker rooms to help reduce touch points and guest interactions
- Space equipment at least six feet apart, with greater distancing for treadmills and other high-exertion aerobic fitness equipment. Equipment can be arranged in an “X” pattern to provide greater distancing. Physical barriers can also be helpful to create distancing or segregate exercise areas.
- Consider suspending non-core activities, including retail operations, spa services, childcare, family programming, and food service
- Group exercise classes should only be offered if distancing requirements can be maintained and there is no person-to-person physical contact.
- Adjusting personal training so that the exercise instructor maintains a minimum of six feet of physical distance. Personal trainers must use face coverings and avoid any close contact. Patrons should be strongly encouraged to wear a face covering while receiving instruction
- Doors to multi-stall restrooms should be able to be opened and closed without touching the handles, using opening-devices, or powered door operators with the hand, whenever possible. If the door cannot be opened without touching the handle or door-operator with the hand, place a trash-receptacle by the door to ensure a paper towel can be readily disposed of when operating the door.
- Fitness facility patrons should be instructed that sinks could be an infection source and should avoid placing hairbrushes and other items directly on counter surfaces.
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Pools
Saunas, steam rooms, and hot tubs should remain closed, the state said. In addition, facilities are encouraged to:
- Set up a system so that furniture and equipment (e.g., lounge chairs) that needs to be cleaned and disinfected is kept separate from furniture that has already been cleaned and disinfected. Label containers for used equipment that has not yet been cleaned and disinfected and containers for cleaned and disinfected equipment.
- Ask patrons to bring and use their own towels wherever possible. If the facility is providing them, launder towels according to the manufacturer’s instructions. Use the warmest appropriate water temperature and dry items completely. Handle towels with disposable gloves and minimal disturbance, i.e., do not shake them.
- Discourage people from sharing items, particularly those that are difficult to clean and disinfect or those that are meant to come in contact with the face (e.g., goggles, nose clips, and snorkels).
- Ensure that the facility has adequate equipment for patrons, such as kickboards, pool noodles, and other flotation devices, to minimize sharing wherever possible. Clean and disinfect the items after each use.
- Consider implementing reservations for pool use or implementing other mechanisms to support physical distancing. This could include reserving full-lanes for individual lap swimming and half-lanes for individual household use.
- Ensure that lifeguards who are actively lifeguarding are not also expected to monitor handwashing, use of cloth face coverings, or physical distancing. Assign this monitoring responsibility to another staff member.
- Aquatic venues should avoid activities that promote group gatherings and should be aware of local policies on gathering requirements to determine if aquatic fitness classes, swim lessons, swim team practices, swim meets, or pool parties can be held.
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Schools
The 14-page guidance issued Friday for schools suggests face coverings for teachers and students and asks schools to try to keep students 6 feet apart at all times — in class, the hallways or at recess. It also says schools should consider installing “portable hand-washing stations" as part of a rigorous hygiene regime that asks students and staff to wash hands before and after eating, coughing, sneezing, being outside and using the restroom.
The guidance also suggests staggering arrival times to minimize contact between students, staff and families and serve meals in classrooms or outdoors rather than in cafeterias. It calls for intensified cleaning and disinfecting, at least daily, of frequently touched surfaces on school buses and in schools, such as door handles, light switches, student desks and chairs.
Other guidance says schools should:
- Consider suspending the use of drinking fountains and instead encourage the use of reusable water bottles.
- Limit the use of shared playground equipment in favor of physical activities that require less contact with surfaces.
- Limit sharing of objects and equipment, such as toys, games and art supplies to the extent practicable. But where allowed, clean and disinfect between uses.
- Keep students in the same space and in groups as small and consistent as practicable. Keep the same students and teacher or staff with each group, to the greatest extent practicable.
- Minimize the movement of students and teachers or staff as much as practicable. For example, consider ways to keep teachers with one group of students for the whole day.
- Consider part-day instruction outside.
- Serve meals in classrooms or outdoors instead of cafeterias or group dining rooms where practicable. Serve individually plated or bagged meals. Avoid sharing of foods and utensils and buffet or family-style meals.
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Hotels
The state is advising hotel operators to consider leaving rooms vacant for 24 to 72 hours after a guest has departed. In the event of a presumptive case of COVID-19, the guest’s room should be removed from service and quarantined, the state said. The guest room should not be returned to service until the case has been confirmed or cleared. In the event of a positive case, the state said. The room should only be returned to service "after undergoing an enhanced sanitization protocol in accordance with CDC guidelines."
The guidance also states:
- All reusable collateral, such as magazines, menus, local attraction details, coupons, etc., should be removed from guest rooms. Critical information should be provided as single-use collateral and/or electronically posted.
- Kitchen items, including pots, pans, and utensils, must be cleaned between each guest stay. All dishes must be washed, including the ones in the cabinet and others that may have been left in different rooms. Operators should provide adequate dish soap and new, unused sponges for each guest upon arrival and consider replacing utensils with one-time use dinnerware, if feasible.
- Hotels should properly clean all appliances and kitchen areas, including refrigerator shelving, the oven stovetop, coffee-makers, toasters, pantry shelves, and other areas.
- Dirty linens should be removed and transported from guest rooms in single-use, sealed bags. Removal and cleaning of all towels and linens at the conclusion of each guest stay should include all items, regardless of whether they appear to have been used or not. These items should be bagged in the guest room to eliminate excess contact while being transported. All bed linen and laundry should be washed at a high temperature and cleaned in accordance with CDC guidelines.
- Hotels should install hand sanitizer dispensers, touchless whenever possible, at key guest and employee entrances and contact areas such as driveways, reception areas, hotel lobbies, restaurant entrances, meeting and convention spaces, elevator landings, pools, salons and exercise areas
- Hotels should close manually operated ice machines or use hands-free machines.
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Bars, wineries and restaurants
The list of guidance for bars, wineries and restaurants is extensive. Guests, it says, should enter through doors that are propped open or automated and hand sanitizer should be available for guests who must touch door handles.
Proprietors are encouraged to remove tables and chairs from dining areas so that six feet of physical distance can be maintained for customers and employees. If tables and chairs cannot be moved, the managers should use visual/physical cues to make them unavailable for use or "install Plexiglas or other types of impermeable physical barriers to minimize exposure between customers."
Eateries and bars should "discontinue seating customers and/or groups at bar counters, sushi preparation bars, etc., where they cannot maintain at least six feet of distance from employee work areas/stations."
Open seating should also be discontinued, the state said. "All members of a customer group must be present before seating and hosts must bring the entire group to the table at one time," the guidelines state. "Whenever possible, ask guests to be seated rather than standing to discourage unnecessary movement."
Among the other recommendations for bars and restaurants:
- Close self-service areas with condiment caddies, utensil caddies, napkins, lids, straws, water pitchers, to-go containers, etc.
- Close self-service machines including ice, soda, frozen yogurt dispensers, buffets, salsa bars, salad bars, snack areas, etc.
- Discontinue tableside food preparation and presentation such as food item selection carts and conveyor belts, guacamole preparation, etc.
- Do not leave out after-meal mints, candies, snacks, or toothpicks for customers. Offer them with the check or provide only on request.
- Install hand sanitizer dispensers, touchless if possible, at guest and employee entrances and contact areas such as driveways, reception areas, in dining rooms, near elevator landings, throughout tasting and drinking areas, etc.
- Consider discontinuing use of shared entertainment items that are difficult to properly clean and disinfect such as board games, books, etc.
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Museums, zoos and galleries
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Campgrounds, RV parks and outdoor recreation
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Bowling alleys, arcades, etc.
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Cardrooms and racetracks
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Tribal casinos
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