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Close Contact of Individual with COVID
 
Quarantine Guidelines:

  1. Wear a mask around others (including at home) for 10 days

    • N95 or similar high-quality mask preferred

    • If you are unable to wear a mask, you must isolate at home for a total of 10 days  

  2. Test on day 5

    • If Negative continue taking precautions

    • Positive test should isolate immediately and follow guidelines for positive test

  3. If you develop any symptoms at any time, get a test and stay home

 
A Word About Continuous Exposure:
Please note that if your exposure is continuous and you are unable to separate from someone who has COVID, you are being exposed to COVID on a daily basis.  This makes the quarantine period longer since your date of last exposure is constantly changing.

For example, if a mother tests positive for COVID and is unable to separate from a baby.  The baby is therefore being exposed to COVID on each day that the mother remains infectious (10 days, assuming mild symptoms).  The baby then needs an additional 10 days of quarantine starting when the mother is no longer assumed to be infectious.  In this scenario, the baby should be tested 5 days after the mother is no longer infectious (day 15 after her diagnosis) and needs to quarantine for 20 days total.

 

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