COVID - 19 Procedures / Information
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COVID UPDATES December 2021 and January 2022
CDC AND LAPHD have provided updates in the following areas (see updated documents below for more detail):
TRAVEL – ALL TRAVELERS - recommended upon returning to self-monitor for symptoms, isolate and test.
-IF UNVACCINATED – viral test 3-5 days after return from travel, self-quarantine for full 7 days (even if you test negative at 3-5days). If you do not test stay home and self-quarantine for 10 days after travel.
-IF RECENTLY RECOVERED FROM COVID IN LAST 90 DAYS - do not have to test – follow all other travel recommendations
School Mask Update – for TEACHERS, rather than cloth masks, required to wear disposable medical grade masks, changed daily. May choose to double mask with medical grade one and cloth together.
School Mask Update – for STUDENTS, it is strongly recommended (but not required) that students wear upgraded masks. A well-fitting, non-cloth mask of multiple layers of non-woven material with a nose wire is recommended, (like a disposable medical mask), changed daily.
ISOLATION CHANGES - For ending isolation: if you have symptoms and test positive for COVID-19 or if your doctor thinks that you have COVID-19…
You must stay home until:
-At least 5 days have passed (return Day 6) since your symptoms first started (or if no symptoms, date of positive test)
-AND you have a negative viral COVID-19 test collected on day 5 or later
-AND you have not had a fever for at least 24 hours and
-AND Your symptoms are improving
OR
-You must stay home until:
-At least 10 days have passed (return Day 11) since your symptoms first started
-AND you have not had a fever for at least 24 hours
-AND your symptoms are improving
(NOTE: Day 0 is your first day of symptoms. Day 1 is the first full day after your symptoms developed.)
CONCORDIA WILL DETERMINE YOUR RETURN DATE BASED ON INFORMATION PROVIDED AND APPLYING THE REQUIREMENTS.
QUARANTINE CHANGES - You must quarantine (stay home and away from others) if you are a close contact of someone positive for COVID, (Unless you are exempt - vaccinated and boosted if eligible - CHECK WITH CONCORDIA REGARDING THIS.)
You can end quarantine AFTER Day 5 (return Day 6),
-If you have no symptoms,
-AND you have a negative diagnostic test that was collected on Day 5 or later.
OR
-If you do not test, you can end quarantine on Day 10 (return Day 11) as long as you do not have symptoms.
(NOTE: Day 0 is the day of your last contact (exposure) with the infected person. Day 1 is the first full day after your last exposure.)
CONCORDIA WILL DETERMINE YOUR RETURN DATE BASED ON INFORMATION PROVIDED AND APPLYING THE REQUIREMENTS