OhioHealth is temporary banning inpatient and emergency department visitors starting Nov. 18. The decision comes as coronavirus cases continue to rise across the state.

Exceptions to the policy are:

• Inpatient surgery patients may have one visitor the day of surgery
• Maternity
• End-of-life
• Inpatients with impairments
• Inpatients who are minors

Visitors who are allowed under the exemptions mentioned above must be free from COVID-19 symptoms, such as fever, dry cough and shortness of breath in the last 24 hours and must not have been exposed to COVID-19 in the last 10 days.

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