COVID-19 Updates and Temple Sinai's Response
As of March 1, 2024 (updates will be posted here as necessary)
TEMPLE POLICIES:
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.
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• 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.
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• 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.
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• We strongly encourage everyone exposed to COVID, even if asymptomatic, to follow CDC guidelines by wearing an N95/KN95 mask in public, including at the Temple, for ten days after the exposure. Those exposed should forgo participating in any Temple activity, such as meals, where it is not possible to wear a mask. Get tested at least five days after your last exposure. (The CDC is currently revising this recommendation. We will update when new guidelines are announced.)
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