Protecting Health at the Polls

According to the RI Department of Health, Central Falls reported XX COVID-19 cases per 100,000 people for the week that ended August 22 — the most recent data available as we went to press. Central Falls has been a COVID-19 hot spot in Rhode Island, so we spoke with Emily Rizzo, coordinator of communications & business outreach for Central Falls, to ask how the city is planning to protect in-person voters during the primaries.

“We have followed all of the guidance provided by our chief health strategist Dr. Michael Fine and the State of Rhode Island to ensure that residents are kept safe while at the polls. We have required facial coverings in all of our public buildings and polling places, have temperature screenings of all visitors and employees in City Hall, have placed 6ft distance stickers to remind people to maintain 6 feet of distance between them and anyone else, socially distance physical polling locations within the building, and have reminders up on the TV screen in English and Spanish to wear your mask and socially distance.”