March 13, 2020 - Leavenworth County Health Department mitigation strategies for large groups and events
At this time the Leavenworth County Health officials have moved its community mitigation strategies to cancelling large group events and gatherings similar to other communities under CDC recommendations. At this time, we are recommending that a "large group event" is defined as a 250 or more people for any business, professional, social, cultural, entertainment, or other special event where people are not separated by physical space of at least four feet (which is slightly longer than an average arm’s length in all directions). Events that have a vulnerable population in attendance, should look to postpone or cancel to limit the potential of exposure to these individuals.
This guidance may change as the situation changes within our community
Considerations for vulnerable populations:
- People that are 60 and older should consider not attending large community events.
- People with underlying chronic conditions or pregnant women should strongly consider not attending large community events.
- People over 70 with underlying chronic conditions are strongly advised to not attend large community events.