Coronavirus and Your Ministry: Tips for Prevention
March 6, 2020
As concern over the dangers associated with the spread of a new coronavirus, COVID-19, spreads, our agency and Brotherhood Mutual want to keep you informed and provide best practices for managing the spread of this and similar illnesses at your ministry.
Currently, a vaccine is not available for COVID-19. Until a vaccine is developed, community-based interventions such as school dismissals, event cancellations, social distancing, and creating employee plans to work remotely can help slow the spread of COVID-19.
Individuals can practice everyday prevention measures like frequent hand washing, staying home when sick, and covering coughs and sneezes.
To help keep your employees, volunteers, students, and ministry attendees healthy, learn more about the preventive steps your organization can take to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus by visiting these U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) web pages:
Prevention/Planning Guidance for Employers
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/specific-groups/guidance-business-response.html
Prevention/Planning Guidance for Schools
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/specific-groups/guidance-for-schools.html
Read more in Brotherhood Mutual’s recent article “Novel Coronavirus Prevention.”