The City and Borough of Juneau issued clarifications Wednesday evening regarding previous recommendations that bar patrons in Juneau seek testing due to an outbreak of COVID-19 among bar workers.<\/p>\n
[City recommends bar patrons get tested for the coronavirus<\/a>]<\/ins><\/p>\n In a news release, the city said because multiple cases being linked to a social gathering that included employees at Juneau bars, CBJ and Public Health have recommended that anyone who socialized at a Juneau bar between a certain date range get tested for COVID-19 regardless of whether they have symptoms. CBJ provided this list of recommendations and clarifying information:<\/p>\n • The date range is a moving target as days pass. If you’re not experiencing symptoms and it has been 14 days since you socialized at a bar, you don’t need to get tested. That means, as of today (September 9), if you have no symptoms and you last socialized at a bar before August 27, you don’t need to get tested.<\/p>\n • If it has been 10-14 days since you visited a bar and you have no symptoms and you can practice strict social distancing until day 14, you don’t need to get tested.<\/p>\n • By “socialized,” CBJ means you were in close proximity to other people not in your household, weren’t always wearing a mask, others near you weren’t always wearing a mask, and you were in that environment for an extended period of time (more than 15 minutes).<\/p>\n CBJ recommends that, if, after reading through these clarifications, you fit the set of people recommended for testing, that you get tested for COVID-19. For this testing effort, a temporary testing facility will be available outside of Centennial Hall this Friday, Saturday, and Sunday (September 11-13) from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.<\/p>\n “No appointment is necessary; just show up. Due to high demand so far, people should be prepared to wait,” CBJ said in the release.<\/p>\n If you have symptoms, you should get tested and isolate until you’ve received your results. If you’re not experiencing symptoms, you can continue to carry on as normal while practicing COVID-19 precautions (like social distancing<\/a>, mask wearing, and good hygiene) before and after testing (unless you receive a positive test result), the city said.<\/p>\n