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SOCIAL DISTANCING IN
HIGH-RISE CONDOS

By Rashawnda Atkinson
Everyone is susceptible to contracting
coronavirus or COVID-19, even The CDC guidelines on social distancing seek to curtail the spread of coronavirus-19.
when age and health factors are ac-
counted for according to the Center ble. That may be simple to do in a guidelines. You may also want to
for Disease Control (CDC). As a part grocery store, in a hospital environ- wipe down packages and bags re-
of the effort to reduce the spread of ment or at work with remote options ceived from grocery stores and mail
COVID-19, the government has ex- or alternating schedules. However, carriers, as a recent study published
tended the guidelines for social dis- one question remains: How does so- in the New England Journal of Medi-
tancing through April 30, 2020; VA cial distancing work in the one of the cine found detectable amounts of
Governor Northam issued a stay-at- largest communities in the City of COVID-19 on common surfaces for
home mandate until June 10, 2020. Alexandria? hours after exposure.

The federal agency defines social We encourage you to take precau- Social distancing may seem incon-
distancing during the COVID-19 tions such as handwashing and wear- venient. However, be encouraged that
pandemic as “remaining out of con- ing personal protection equipment you are helping to curtail the spread
gregate settings, avoiding mass gath- like masks and gloves. But please of the novel coronavirus when you
erings, and maintaining distance” of refrain from crowding the elevators follow the CDC’s guidelines of social
about 6 ft. from others not living in or using the common elements in distancing.
one’s primary residence when possi- groups larger than 10 per the CDC

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