July 16, 2020 4:29 pm Health Policy Virginia Establishes COVID-19 Workplace Safety Mandate The state of Virginia yesterday adopted the nation’s first mandatory workplace safety standards to keep people from being infected with the novel coronavirus at work. The measures include mandates for cleaning, personal protection, and notifying employees of infected co-workers, and are backed with penalties of up to $130,000 for violations. The standards will be posted to the Virginia Department of Labor and Industry website. News & Knowledge All Curi recommendations are based on current CDC criteria at the time of publication. CDC guidance for SARS-CoV-2 infection may, or may not, be adopted by state and local health departments to respond to rapidly changing local circumstances. Providers should always check with their local health department to see if the CDC’s guidance on any given topic has been modified (particularly if more restrictive) from the CDC’s recommended guidelines. Follow this link https://www.cdc.gov/publichealthgateway/healthdirectories/index.html for contact information to your state/local health department. If local recommendations vary from those of the CDC, and you are unsure what recommendations to follow, then it is safer to follow the more restrictive guidelines/recommendations.