CDC releases COVID-19 public health updates

Health Alert

• Serious Adverse Health Events Associated with Methanol-based Hand Sanitizer

New or Repackaged Guidelines

• Toolkit for Businesses and Workplaces – Reorganized access to existing guidelines, paired with applicable checklists, education, and training resources.
• Toolkit for Shared and Congregate Housing
• CDC COVID-19 One-Stop-Shop Toolkits containing videos, social media posts, PSAs, print resources, checklists, FAQs and web resources – Packages for special groups – Young Adults, Youth Sports, Summer Camps, Domestic Travel & more.

New Research Related to Workplaces

• Absence of Apparent Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 from Two Stylists After Exposure at a Hair Salon with a Universal Face Covering Policy – Springfield, Missouri, May 2020
• Increases in Health-Related Workplace Absenteeism Among Workers in Essential Critical Infrastructure Occupations during the COVID-19 Pandemic – United States, March-April 2020
• Update: COVID-19 Among Workers in Meat and Poultry Processing Facilities – United States, April-May 2020

Webinar Recordings

• COVID-19 Sewage Surveillance Webinar: July 8 CDC/CSTE COVID-19 Sewage Surveillance
• Return to the Workplace Safely Using Total Worker Health® Strategies