{"id":11329,"date":"2021-11-19T15:17:02","date_gmt":"2021-11-19T23:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/?p=11329"},"modified":"2021-11-19T15:17:02","modified_gmt":"2021-11-19T23:17:02","slug":"yakima-health-district-news-release-yakima-health-district-encourages-safe-thanksgiving-celebrations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/yakima-health-district-news-release-yakima-health-district-encourages-safe-thanksgiving-celebrations\/","title":{"rendered":"Yakima Health District News Release: Yakima Health District Encourages Safe Thanksgiving Celebrations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>With Thanksgiving and other holidays fast approaching, the Yakima Health District<br>encourages community members to celebrate safely to reduce the spread of COVID-19. As of<br>November 17, Yakima County reported a case rate of 326 per 100,000 and a hospitalization rate of 5.0<br>per 100,000. Additional precautions during the holidays will help reduce the risk of COVID-19.<br>Tips for a safer holiday season:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Get vaccinated. The CDC recommends that all adults and children ages 5 and older get a<br>COVID-19 vaccine and a booster dose if they are eligible. Visit YakimaVaccines.org for a list of<br>mobile vaccine locations or call 2-1-1. Additionally, it is recommended everyone 6 months and<br>older get the annual flu vaccine.<\/li><li>Wear a mask when in indoor public settings, or when in crowded areas.<\/li><li>Wash your hands frequently and disinfect surfaces.<\/li><li>Outdoor gatherings are safer than indoors. If gatherings indoors will occur, increase ventilation<br>by opening doors and windows.<\/li><li>Communicate with guests about COVID-19 ground rules and precautions. Stay home if sick and<br>stay away from others.<\/li><li>Safe Travels. If possible, delay travel if individuals are unvaccinated. If individuals are traveling<br>with unvaccinated family members, such as children who are not yet eligible to be vaccinated,<br>take additional precautions. It is crucial to avoid crowds, wear a mask, and get tested before and<br>after the trip.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p> <span style=\"font-size: revert;color: initial\">Additionally, there are safer, alternative activities to consider to reduce the risk of COVID-19, such a<\/span><span style=\"font-size: revert;color: initial\">s having dinner with members of <span style=\"font-size: revert;color: initial\">the same household, hosting a virtual gathering, watching sports events, parades, or movies at home. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/6\/files\/sites\/6\/111921_Yakima-Health-District-Encourages-Safe-Thanksgiving-Celebrations.pdf\">111921_Yakima-Health-District-Encourages-Safe-Thanksgiving-Celebrations<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/6\/files\/sites\/6\/111921_Yakima-Health-District-Encourages-Safe-Thanksgiving-Celebrations.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button\" download>Download<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With Thanksgiving and other holidays fast approaching, the Yakima Health Districtencourages community members to celebrate safely to reduce the spread of COVID-19. As ofNovember 17, Yakima County reported a case rate of 326 per 100,000 and a hospitalization rate of 5.0per 100,000. Additional precautions during the holidays will help reduce the risk of COVID-19.Tips for<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[311,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-covid-19","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11329"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11329\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11331,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11329\/revisions\/11331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}