Apr 03, 2020

Saline County COVID-19 update for April 3

Posted Apr 03, 2020 10:10 PM

Here is Friday's COVID-19 update from Saline County:

The Saline County Health Department does not have any additional positive cases of COVID-19 to report in Saline County residents. Saline County has 4 cases, as of 11 am there was a total of 620 cases in Kansas.

Saline County continues to receive reports of alleged non-compliance with the Statewide Stay-at-Home order. Alleged violations can be reported through our online submission form at www.saline.org. It has always been and will continue to be our intention to ensure that businesses and individuals are educated on the statewide order. Stay-at-Home simply means Stay at Home. If you are not performing essential tasks, then you need to be at home. “Just because you can, doesn’t mean you should.”

If you have a question about a business being essential or not, please visit the Governor’s website at https://governor.kansas.gov/keff to see the order, list of essential functions, and frequently asked questions.

Announcements:

•KDHE issued guidance today for establishments that have self-service foods and beverages. This includes self-service foods and beverages at gas stations and grocery stores. Please see the attachment to this release on that information.

•The Saline County Health Department has developed some employee screening questions that employers are welcome to use in coordination with the KDHE guidance.

Help our community in slowing the spread of this virus. Only follow official sources to obtain information: www.saline.org/coronavirus or www.kdheks.gov.