
As New York State shares guidelines around a safe and coordinated reopening of communities, the Tompkins County Health Department will provide updated information, FAQs, and local resources here.
PHASE ONE | PHASE TWO | PHASE THREE | PHASE FOUR | ACTIVITY GUIDELINES
Details and Guidance Documents on the NY Forward Phase 1 web page
Offices, Real Estate, Essential and Phase 2 In-Store Retail, Vehicle Sales Leases and Rentals, Retail Rental Repair & Cleaning, Commercial Building Management, Hair Salons and Barbershops, Outdoor & Take-Out/ Delivery Food Services, Dentistry
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NY Forward Phase 2 web page
Restaurants & Food Services, Personal Care Services
Business Safety Plan Template
Reminder posters for customer and employee health & safety
NY Forward Phase 3 web page
Following recent announcements by Cornell University on their revised plans to reopen campus, TCHD remains in ongoing communication with Cornell officials, and continues to maintain capacity for contact tracing investigations to ensure successful quarantine and isolation. See also this 8/7/20 press release from TCHD.
All plans adhere to guidance from New York State and the Tompkins County Health Department and are aligned with TCHD. Each institution will continue to adjust their plans as new guidance becomes available from New York State and TCHD. See also press release from Tompkins County, 7/23/20.
The following are incorporated in the COVID-19 response plans from Cornell, IC, & TC3:
An “IF…THEN” table for when students stay home from school due to illness or exposure, prepared by the Tompkins County Health Department. Click here for a PDF, or click the image to open a larger image.
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Phase 4 NY Forward web page
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Provided by Executive Order No. 205.2: Quarantine Restrictions on Travelers Arriving in New York (11/3/20). Effective Wednesday, November 4, 2020.
If you have additional travel-related questions, please call 2-1-1.
EO No. 205.2 provides that any violation of a quarantine or isolation order issued to an individual by a local health department may be subject to enforcement under public health law, including a civil penalty of up to $10,000.
Higher risk sports may resume effective February 1, 2021, subject to NYS Department of Health's Sports & Recreatiion Master Guidance, updated 1/22/2021. The State’s guidance is the minimum requirement; local leagues, facilities, organizations, and schools may issue additional guidance.
The Tompkins County Health Department has issued the following additional requirements and recommendations:
Key requirements previously in effect for lower and moderate risk sports now apply to higher risk sports as well. These requirements include:
This approval for higher risk sports may be withdrawn based on an increase in the positivity rate and/or the presence of more transmissible variants of the COVID-19 virus.
Travel for practice or play for lower, moderate, and higher risk sports is prohibited outside of the Southern Tier New York region and contiguous counties/regions. Interstate travel is strongly discouraged and must strictly comply with the NYS travel advisory.
Note that the revised NYS Interim Sports Guidance now allows tournaments for lower and moderate risk sports.
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NY Forward Statewide Guidelines page
» Translations for Statewide Guidelines
The Cluster Action Initiative is a public health rule in NYS that identifies areas with a high density of positive cases and classifies them by three color zones: Red is the actual cluster, Orange and Yellow are surrounding or less severe areas. Each zone establishes gathering rules and restrictions based on the severity (color classification) of the cluster.
The metrics that trigger the designation of a micro-cluster are broken out into 4 tiers by population. Tompkins County is in Tier 3.
List of links and references.
Restrictions are in effect a minimum of 14 days. The sponsors of mass gatherings found in violation of the rules are subject to a $15,000 fine.