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GREENSBORO — Children aged 12 and younger can visit loved ones in Cone Health hospitals, which includes Alamance Regional Medical Center in Burlington, without restrictions and masking is no longer required.
Some age restrictions may still apply in select locations as outlined in the Cone Health visitor policy at conehealth.com/visitors.
People visiting a health care facility are still asked to wear a mask if they are experiencing respiratory symptoms such as coughing or sneezing. Visitors who have COVID-19 should also wait to see their friends or family members for five days after their symptoms began. When they are fever-free and feeling better, they can visit with a well-fitting mask through day 10 of the illness.
Requiring visitors and staff to wear masks in certain areas of hospitals and asking that children aged 12 and under not visit were steps area hospitals took to reduce the risk of patients, visitors and staff getting COVID-19, flu or RSV. The number of people in this area with those illnesses has gone down dramatically, Cone Health infectious disease specialist Dr. Cynthia Snider said.
“Let’s not forget that COVID-19 is still out there — even though at a lower rate,” Snider said. “And while it may not be a severe illness to most of us, people in the hospital are very sick. A COVID infection can be devastating for them.”
The lifting of restrictions is a coordinated effort with Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist and Novant Health.
