New Hampshire is set to ease visitation rules at some long-term care facilities, reports WMUR.
State health officials announced on Thursday that residents in most long-term care facilities can now designate one person to visit them inside their buildings. Facial coverings and social distancing must be maintained during visits. At this time, some non-essential personnel, such as hairdressers, can now enter the facilities as well.
According to the report, if this plan goes well after two weeks, residents may be able to designate two residents to visit. Communal dining and social activities at the facilities could resume as well.
Health Commissioner Lori Shibinette stated, “If we start to see outbreaks or another surge in counties, there is a very good possibility that we need to pull back, and the facilities need to have that flexibility to be able to pull back and move forward.”
There are still COVID-19 outbreaks at two long-term care facilities at this time, and those two will not have loosened restrictions.
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