COLUMBUS (WCMH) – With many individuals gathering to rejoice Halloween, well being consultants wish to remind many Ohioans the COVID-19 pandemic is much from over–and they should hold themselves and one another wholesome.
Dr. Joseph Gastaldo at Ohio Well being stated although COVID-19 instances are dropping, they’re nonetheless not on the numbers they wish to see.
“It isn’t the time to rejoice,” he stated.
Gastaldo is encouraging anybody who was in an enclosed space or attended a big gathering to contemplate getting a COVID-19 check to guard themselves and the folks round them.
“Dwelling testing is obtainable,” he stated. “You may get them on the pharmacy. There are lots of completely different dwelling checks on the market, they’re antigen-based checks–and do carry out very properly.”
Gastaldo stated if somebody is in search of a very good motive to get examined, they need to take into account the immunocompromised or those that haven’t obtained the COVID-19 shot but.
“This virus will not be going away,” Gastaldo stated. “For us regionally, this pandemic will ultimately finish and change into an endemic virus, which means there’s all the time going to be a baseline of this virus. We actually want to consider, in our minds, greatest shield ourselves.”
He stated it’s necessary everybody will get vaccinated and is cautious of their environment, particularly with different holidays like Thanksgiving and Christmas rapidly approaching.
