Make your own cloth mask By Bailey Wright Record-Journal staff
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now recommends wearing masks in public places to limit the spread of COVID-19.
SPRING SEASON: CIAC will assess prospects on April 23 By Bryant Carpenter and Sean Krofssik Record-Journal staff
The masks are an extra step — in addition to social distancing and washing hands.
CHESHIRE — The window for spring sports is still open. It has, however, grown narrower.
“Masks are not a substitute for social distancing,” said Lea Crown, Meriden health and human services director. “Everyone should still aim to maintain the six foot distance from others, as well as practice other public health prevention efforts such as regular hand washing.”
With Gov. Ned Lamont announcing last week that Connecticut schools will remain closed through May 20 due to the coronavirus, the CIAC will reconvene on Thursday, April 23 to assess the status of the 2020 spring high school sports season.
Cloth masks were recommended for general public use, as medical masks are in short supply and should be Patricia Longobardi, owner of Sewing by Patricia in reserved for healthcare Wallingford, looks over a variety of fabric masks she's workers and first responders, sewing for people in need, nurses in particular, many the CDC said. “Masks help as they reduce the droplets becoming airborne of the person wearing the mask, especially those who may cough or sneeze,” said Shane Lockwood, director of public health with the Plainville-Southington Regional Health District. The health district also covers Middlefield.
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who are using them as an extra layer over medical ones. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now recommends wearing masks in public places to limit the spread of COVID-19.
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The CDC has provided in- or hair ties. structions for how to Crown said when making make different types of her own masks, rubber masks, including no-sew ones which only require cloth and rubber bands See Masks, A12
”The announcement to extend school closings through May 20th provides a timeline for the CIAC to consider regarding spring sport opportunities,” the CIAC said in a statement released Thursday, April 16. “CIAC administrative staff will have more detailed conversations with superintendents, principals, athletic directors, member leagues, medical professionals, and coaches over the next week and half. The CIAC Board of Control will meet on April 23 to review feedback from each group
and discuss safe and realistic spring sport experiences.” By April 23, nearly three weeks of the spring season, which was due to start April 4, will have been lost. The May 20 date announced by Lamont makes it seven weeks — essentially all of the regular season. The state tournaments were due to run May 30 through June 13. There has been talk of the CIAC staging a shortened season in late May and deep into June — perhaps even one that extends into July.
That will depend on decrees from the Governor’s office as well as the state Department of Education. Following the lead of the state has been the baseline of CIAC’s waitand-see approach throughout the coronavirus pandemic regarding the spring season. (The CIAC, after meeting with state officials, canceled what remained of the winter postseason on March 10.) See CIAC, A6
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