State releases coronavirus guidelines for individuals and communities

A state website also provides daily updates on the number of people in Kentucky being treated for COVID-19.

Kentuckians looking for advice about how they should protect themselves and their families from the novel coronavirus will find answers in guidelines released this week by the state Cabinet for Health and Family Service.

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The one-page guide outlines preventative measures for individuals and communities. 

Community measures include Gov. Andy Beshear’s request that churches not meet for worship services and that public and private organizations cancel or postpone large gatherings. 

The state also has a website devoted to coronavirus information. It includes a daily update of the number of people tested for the coronavirus and the number of confirmed cases. 

(Jennifer P. Brown is the editor and founder of Hoptown Chronicle. Reach her at editor@hoptownchronicle.org.)

Jennifer P. Brown is co-founder, publisher and editor of Hoptown Chronicle. You can reach her at editor@hoptownchronicle.org. She spent 30 years as a reporter and editor at the Kentucky New Era. She is a co-chair of the national advisory board to the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues, governing board president for the Kentucky Historical Society, and co-founder of the Kentucky Open Government Coalition.