During Thursday’s COVID-19 update, Dr. Steven Stack, commissioner of the Department for Public Health, highlighted the Kentucky Department for Public Health’s (KDPH) winter holiday guidance, which includes:

• Limit the size of gatherings to two households and no more than eight people;
• Wear a face covering properly, sanitize hands often and stay six feet apart from other people;
• Do not host or participate in any in-person gatherings if you or anyone in your household, or if any of the invited attendees: Have been diagnosed with COVID-19 and not met the criteria for when it is safe to be around others; have symptoms of COVID-19; are waiting for COVID-19 viral test results; may have been exposed to someone with COVID-19 in the last 14 days; or are at increased risk of severe illness from COVID-19;
• Limit travel; and
• Keep gatherings outdoors or in well-ventilated spaces as much as possible.

To see all of KDPH’s winter holiday guidance, click here: full guidance, one-pager, single slide.