New York On PAUSE continues until Feb. 26 which requires postponement, cancellation, or restriction of all non-essential gatherings of more than 10 individuals at private residences, according to St. Lawrence County Public Health.

The order also prohibits other gatherings occurring indoors from exceeding 50% of maximum capacity, up to 50 people, provided the region has reached Phase 4 of the State’s reopening, a press release from Public Health said. Social distancing, face coverings, and cleaning and disinfection protocols are required by the Department of Health and must be adhered to.

Businesses or entities in industries open for Phase One, Two, Three and Four must be operated subject to the guidance announced by the Department of Health.

Anyone aware of any gatherings greater than 50 people or any businesses or entities operating in violation of the state's regional phased reopening plan, can call 1-833-789-0470 or visit https://mylicense.custhelp.com/app/ask to file a complaint.

NYS DOH is adopting the CDC guidance and recommends that for persons with COVID-19 illness recovering at home (or other home-like setting, such as a hotel), maintain isolation for at least 10 days after illness onset and at least 3 days (72 hours) after recovery.

Illness onset is defined as the date symptoms began, officials said. Recovery is defined as resolution of fever without the use of fever-reducing medications, with progressive improvement or resolution of other symptoms.

This recommendation is non-test-based. Time-since-illness-onset and time-since-recovery is used, Public Health officials said.

“It should be noted that this recommendation will prevent most but cannot prevent all instances of secondary spread. The risk of transmission after recovery, is likely substantially less than that during illness; recovered persons will not be shedding large amounts of virus by this point if they are shedding at all,” the release said.