New Ohio Rainbow COVID-19 Restrictions Following the Latest Governor's Order

Earlier this week the Governor of Ohio, Mike DeWine, issued a new order which is now in effect until further notice. He also issued a 21-day curfew for the State of Ohio between the hours of 10pm and 5am which begins today, November 19th, and expires on December 10th, 2020.

The directives in the order and in the 21 day curfew require us to modify the COVID-19 restrictions that we’ve been following to date.

New requirements are as follows:

  • Yellow/Level 1 or Orange/Level 2: You may meet in groups as large as 10 people.

  • Red/Level 3: You may only meet in groups of as large as 10 people, with masks on, outside, for less than 2 hours. 

  • Purple/Level 4: You may not meet in person for any reason. You may meet virtually. Please consult with me if you have questions about how to proceed with business critical items during this time. 

Requirements for all in-person meetings:

  • Masks are required to be worn at all Rainbow functions

  • All meetings must begin and end at such a time so that attendees are not away from home during the 10pm to 5am curfew while the curfew is in place.

  • Abide by any regulations that your place of meeting has instituted.

  • No singing in groups.

  • No touching.

  • Do not come if you have been in contact with COVID, had been diagnosed with, recovered from, or suspected to have had COVID (in absence of an official test to confirm) within the last 14 days. 

  • Do not come if you have or have had a fever above 100 or any other symptom of COVID in the last 24 hours. 

  • Attendance is not rewarded nor punished during this time. Assembly incentive programs should be modified accordingly.

Resources:

  • Check the color status of your county here. This updates weekly on Thursdays.

  • A useful handout from the Governor’s office that describes the county alert levels

  • Here is the prior Ohio Rainbow News Post about COVID-19 on our blog, it contains guidance for ritualistic work during this time.