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COVID-19 UPDATE

By Tom Curry, General Manager

If there is a COVID-19 positive case within any of our
buildings, the City of Alexandria Health Department will
not notify management. They will notify those who were
in contact with the affected individual. The Association
has therefore reacted as if everyone has the virus by clos-
ing all common amenities, canceling all association meet-
ings and events and promoting CDC guidance for social
distancing, wearing of masks, cleaning hands and wearing
gloves.

The Association's Environmental Services staff altered Work procedures at WAL adapted due to COVID-19 requirements.
their work schedule to allow for multiple disinfecting of
common touch surfaces from elevator buttons to counters The best advice is to follow the stay at home orders, only
and railings. Our Maintenance staff is limiting their expo- leave for essential needs and make sure to follow the CDC
sure to residents by only answering emergency calls for guidelines.
maintenance within units such as a major water leak. If
they need to enter they ask a unit owner to step out of the The Community Association Institute recommends that
room and they wear appropriate PPE. Patrol Services is during this time, it is important to protect people's dignity
doing the same by calling rather than answering in-person and work to assist people who have to quarantine. They
at a unit when we receive complaints. Our Resident Ser- recommend that Associations should discourage residents
vices staff is limiting its face-to-face exposure with resi- from posts on social media platforms that would be seen as
dents through the use of various communication tools. shaming people who contract the virus or quarantine.

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