After seeing a spike in respiratory viruses, Novant Well being introduced Tuesday that it has put in place non permanent customer restrictions on kids beneath the age of 13.
The transfer follows related restrictions introduced by different hospital programs, together with Atrium Well being, which introduced new guidelines two weeks in the past.
For the week of Dec. 13, state well being officers reported 556 hospital admissions in North Carolina for Covid-19 and 300 admissions for influenza. Each of these numbers have been up from the earlier week.
Starting Tuesday, Dec. 19, Novant will restrict entry to kids beneath age 13.
Beneath Novant’s restrictions, kids could also be permitted to go to hospital sufferers beneath particular circumstances, like visiting a member of the family in end-of-life care. Nevertheless, such visits have to be coordinated forward of time, Novant stated.
Youngsters ages 13 and older who’re experiencing flu-like signs, comparable to runny nostril, sore throat, fever or cough, shouldn’t go to sufferers at Novant hospitals.
Masks are inspired however stay optionally available. Novant additionally recommends vaccinations to scale back the unfold of respiratory viruses.
Novant didn’t point out how lengthy the restrictions will final.
