WOODLAND, CA (MPG) - Two staff working in the scale-house building at the Yolo County Central Landfill (Landfill), located at 44090 County Road 28H in Woodland, tested positive for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) on Friday, November 20, 2020 and are now isolating at home. The County’s Public Health team has already started contact tracing procedures and will be working to ensure that those that were in close contact are notified. There was limited exposure to Yolo County residents who were using the scale-house due to short interaction time.

The Yolo County Central Landfill has been adhering to State and local social distancing and disinfecting protocols and have been requiring all staff and visitors to wear a face covering. The Landfill has already initiated their COVID-19 mitigation plan, which includes:

·        Temporarily limiting staff within the office to critical infrastructure and service.

·        Scheduling deep cleaning for impacted facilities.

·        Communicating consistently with Yolo County Public Health.

·        Launching contact tracing investigations.

·        Sending all staff home who are deemed to have been in close contact with the exposed           staff member to self-quarantine and providing testing information.

·        Ensuring sufficient supplies and continuous trainings of PPE such as face coverings.

·        Continuing and increasing disinfection techniques.

As a result of limited staff, the Landfill’s self-haul service and the Esparto Convenience Center will be closed to the public until further notice. The Landfill will accept Household Hazardous Waste loads and some business and Landfill account customers Monday–Saturday from 6:30 a.m.–4:00 p.m. and will be closed on Sundays. For questions regarding self-haul, customers should call (530) 666-8727.

For more information about the Yolo County Central Landfill and Esparto Convenience Center, visit: www.yolocounty.org/Landfill. Call 2-1-1 for resource information. For additional updates follow Yolo County on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/YoloCounty/ or Twitter at: https://twitter.com/YoloCountyCA.