As of November 16, 2020
According to legal advice, KHC Foxhunting will be allowed to continue under Governor Northam’s new Executive Order regarding COVID-19 regulations.
However, the total number of “spectators” (unmounted people watching the meet) is limited to 25. Moreover, each “participant” (mounted fox hunter) is required to self-screen for COVID-19 prior to each meet, as described below.
Social distancing and other related COVID-19 protocols should also be followed.
In order to comply with Governor Northam’s Executive Order intended to slow the spread of COVID-19, foxhunters desiring to go out with the Keswick Hunt Club must assess themselves for symptoms of COVID-19 before arriving at the meet by using the self-assessment found below.
Foxhunters should ask themselves, “YES or NO, have I had any of the following in the last 24 hours:”
- A new fever (100.4°F or higher) or a sense of having a fever?
- A new cough that cannot be attributed to another health condition?
- New shortness of breath that cannot be attributed to another health condition?
- New chills that cannot be attributed to another health condition?
- A new sore throat that cannot be attributed to another health condition?
- New muscle aches (myalgia) that cannot be attributed to another health condition or specific activity (such as physical exercise)?
- A new loss of taste or smell?
In addition, foxhunters should assess themselves for exposure to COVID-19 before arriving at the meet. Foxhunters should ask themselves, “YES or NO, have I had the following:”
- A positive test for the virus that causes COVID-19 disease within the past 10 days?
- Close contact (being within 6 feet for a total of 15 minutes or more over a 24-hour period, or having direct exposure to respiratory secretions) with someone with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 in the past 14 days?
If a foxhunter answers YES to any of the screening questions on the morning of the meet, he or she must not come to the meet.
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