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Quarantine and Isolation Guidelines: Scholars Ages 5-17
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The following guidance is effective Wednesday, January 12, 2022.
Quarantine Guidelines for Close Contacts
If not using Test to Stay, quarantine ends after 5 full days after the last close contact, if no symptoms have developed, and after receiving a negative test result from a test taken no sooner than day 5, or 10 days without a test.
Use the guide below to determine whether you must quarantine and if you can participate in Test to Stay based on vaccination status and recent confirmed COVID-19 case.
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Test to Stay Updates
- Test to Stay will now include close contacts in non-school settings
- Modified quarantine period is 5 days
- Students can attend extracurricular activities and school-aged childcare during modified quarantine, if participating in testing
- Individuals must continue to wear a mask during extracurricular and sport activities
New Isolation Guidelines
All people with COVID-19 (with or without symptoms) must quarantine and isolate for at least 5 days.
If asymptomatic (without symptoms):
- Isolate for at least 5 days, with Day 0 being the day of the positive test and Day 1 being the first full day after the specimen was collected
- If there are still no symptoms after 5 days, end isolation
- If symptoms develop, the 5-day isolation period starts over with Day 0 being the first day of symptoms
If the person has or had symptoms:
- Isolate for at least 5 days, with Day 0 being the first day of symptoms, and Day 1 being the first full day after developing symptoms
- After 5 days, end isolation if fever-free for 24 hours without the use of fever reducing medication and improvement of symptoms
- If symptoms and/or fever continue, wait to end isolation until fever free for 24 hours without the use of fever-reducing medication and improvement of symptoms.