The health and safety of our teams, volunteers and staff is our top priority. FIRST in Michigan is closely monitoring the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus. As of this writing, there are no confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Michigan. As such we have not canceled any of our Michigan FRC events, and FIRST has not canceled The Championship in Detroit.
We do, however, want to make sure that we are taking precautions to keep our teams and visitors to our events safe by instituting good hygiene practices and taking common sense measures to prevent the spread of the virus, including the following:
- Suspending the high-five line during the awards ceremony, and handshake during the final rounds of competition.
- Placing hand sanitizer at many locations throughout the event.
- Regularly wiping down driver stations and other high-touch areas.
- Promoting elbow bumps in lieu of flesh to flesh contact.
- Discontinuing loaning out of safety glasses.
- Asking those that are exhibiting any symptoms to stay at home.
- Asking those that have been exposed to others with the virus not to attend our events.
We will continue to update you as new information that could impact our events is released from FIRST, the CDC and Michigan.gov.
If any of our volunteers feel they are at high-risk or do not feel comfortable attending our events, please just let us know and we will gladly restaff your position.
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