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CDC Guidance on Quarantine / Isolation

Students

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When to Isolate and Stay Home (Regardless of Vaccination Status)

Have Symptoms

Stay home and get tested.
If test is NEGATIVE - Exit isolation.
If test is POSITIVE - Stay home for five days.
End Isolation after a full five days AND you are fever free for 24 hours (without using fever-reducing medication) and your symptoms have improved.
CDC recommends that you continue to wear a mask around others for an additional five days.

Tested Positive (Without Symptoms)

Stay home for five days.
At the end of five days, if you have no symptoms, you can exit on the 6th day.
If you develop symptoms after testing positive, your five-day isolation starts over. Day zero .
End Isolation after a full five days AND you are fever free for 24 hours (without using fever-reducing medication) and your symptoms have improved.
CDC recommends that you continue to wear a mask around others for an additional five days.

Last updated 8/19/2022 9:20 AM