The DAL maintains masking requirements in all DOH-regulated health care facilities for personnel and visitors age 2 and older, regardless of vaccination status. It also requires active screening at entry. It follows CDC guidance regarding work restrictions and does not require exclusion of asymptomatic personnel who are exposed to COVID-19.

Latest updates for providers of LTPAC and senior services.

The monoclonal antibody treatment is authorized as pre-exposure prophylaxis to prevent COVID-19.

Younger children (age 5+) are now eligible for bivalent booster; storage updates are included for bivalent boosters.

The waiver, which extends the timeframe for temporary nurse aides to be certified, "only applies to staff who would otherwise be ineligible to work because they had been employed four months and were not able to complete training and certification due to an insufficient number of training and testing sites."

Facilities do not have to report the results of visitor self-administered COVID-19 tests through ECLRS or HERDS.