COVID-19 Updates and Temple Sinai's Response

As of April 17, 2024 (updates will be posted here as necessary)

TEMPLE POLICIES:

• We strongly encourage everyone, including children as young as six months, to get all vaccines for COVID and the flu, including COVID boosters for which they are eligible. The CDC recommends that everyone aged 5 years and older should get the 2023-2024 updated COVID-19 vaccine. Adults aged 65 years and older and people with weakened immune systems should receive a second updated vaccine dose.

• Wearing masks is at the discretion of the individual. We recommend either surgical masks or N95/KN95 masks, as they provide the best protection. Disposable surgical masks are available at the Temple, including children-sized masks. 

​• We strongly recommend that those with any cold, flu or other respiratory symptoms (fever, chills, coughing, shortness of breath, difficulty breathing, fatigue, muscle or body aches, headache, new loss of taste or smell, sore throat, congestion or runny nose, nausea, vomiting, or diarrhea) stay home and not enter the Temple building, even if COVID is not believed to be the cause. Take a COVID test and follow heathcare provider instructions.

• Those who have tested positive for COVID are not permitted to enter the Temple building until their overall symptoms have begun to improve and they have been fever-free without aid of medication for at least 24 hours. We ask those who are recovering from COVID to wear a mask in the Temple for at least five days after resuming normal activities.

• We strongly encourage everyone exposed to COVID to take precautions immediately. Wear an N95/KN95 mask in public, including at the Temple, for ten days. Forego any activity during which you cannot remain masked (such as eating meals in public). Get tested on day six of your last exposure, even if you have no COVID symptoms. If you do develop symptoms, start isolating, get tested, and call your doctor immediately.