JIC RELEASE NO. 867 - DPHSS Issues Guidance Memo 2022-06 - GHS OCD

Today, the Department of Public Health and Social Services (DPHSS) issued DPHSS Guidance Memo 2022-06, relative to additional guidance relative to contact and non-contact sports events.

DPHSS Guidance Memorandum 2021-23 (RE: School Resumption of In-Person Learning for PreK to 12 Relative to Executive Order 2021-23) is still in effect. Thus, scholastic sports events are to follow the guidance outlined in that document, including vaccination and testing requirements.

DPHSS Guidance Memorandum 2021-23 requires all coaches and participants sixteen (16) years plus one (1) month of age or older to show acceptable proof that they have received at least one shot of a recommended series of vaccination pursuant to DPHSS Guidance Memorandum 2021- 24.

For non-scholastic contact and non-contact sports events, including as training and competitions, the organizers are responsible for ensuring coaches and participants who are twelve (12) years plus one (1) month of age and older are vaccinated, as defined in DPHSS Guidance Memorandum 2022-05, to participate.

For both scholastic and non-scholastic sports events, a coach or a participant can be exempt from vaccination, provided, the person undergoes and submits proof of a negative COVID-19 test once weekly. Individuals who were recently diagnosed and recovered from COVID-19 with valid documented evidence pursuant to DPHSS Guidance Memorandum 2021-28, and show no symptoms of infection, may participate up to 90 days after the individual's positive COVID-19 test.

For further questions, contact the Division of Environmental Health at 671-300-9579 from 8 am to 5 pm, Monday through Friday, or email dphss-deh@dphss.guam.gov. To read DPHSS Guidance Memo 2022-06 in its entirety, CLICK HERE.

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To learn more, visit https://www.ready.gov/floods

Wildfire

Regularly clean the roof and gutters.
Maintain an area approximately 30’ away from you home that is free of anything that will burn, such as wood piles, dried leaves, newspapers and other brush.
Connect garden hoses long enough to reach any area of the home and fill garbage cans, tubs, or other large containers with water.
Review your homeowner's insurance policy and also prepare/update a list of your home's contents.

Fire Weather

Turn on your TV/radio. You’ll get the latest weather updates and emergency instructions.
Know where to go. If you are ordered to evacuate, know the route to take and have plan of where you will go. Check-in with your friends and family.
Keep your car fueled, in good condition, and stocked with emergency supplies and a change of clothes.

Drought

Conserve water

Take shorter showers.

Turn off the water while brushing your teeth or shaving.
Run the washer less frequently and only when you have a full load.
Water your lawn less frequently and do so when the temperature is cooler in the early morning or late evening.
When you run the tap to heat or cool water, keep a pitcher to store the water and use it to water plants.
Avoid washing your car.

Practice fire prevention

Don't set off fireworks when conditions are dry.
Deposit cigarette butts in the proper receptacle to avoid starting a
Pour water over camp fires and backyard fire pits to ensure they are completely out before leaving them unattended.

Follow directions from local officials. If there are restrictions on water usage, be sure to heed them.

To learn more, visit https://www.ready.gov/wildfires and https://www.ready.gov/drought

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Typhoons/Hurricanes are massive storm systems that form over the water and move toward land. Threats from typhoons/hurricanes include high winds, heavy rainfall, storm surge, coastal and inland flooding, and rip currents.

“Hurricanes” form in the Atlantic Northeast Pacific region and “Typhoons” form in the Northwest Pacific Region. These large storms are call cyclones in other parts of the world.

To learn more, visit https://www.ready.gov/hurricanes.

JIC RELEASE NO. 867 - DPHSS Issues Guidance Memo 2022-06