Lenawee County, MI – The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services has updated its K-12 school COVD-19 quarantine and isolation guidance to reflect recent updates made by the CDC that modifies or shortens the quarantine and isolation periods to as short as five days in some circumstances.
Students, teachers and staff who test positive and/or display symptoms should isolate regardless of vaccination status. If positive with no symptoms, monitor for symptoms from day of exposure through day 10 of isolation; and isolate at home for 5 days. If symptoms have improved or you continue to have no symptoms, return to school, while wearing a mask, for days 6 through 10. You could also stay home for 10 days if you are unwilling or unable to wear a mask. If you have a fever, stay home until you are fever free for a period of 24 hours without the use of medications.
Close contacts of a COVID-19 case do not need to quarantine at home if they had confirmed COVID-19 within the last 90 days and/or are up to date on all recommended vaccines. These contacts should still monitor their symptoms.
Close contacts of a COVID-19 case who do not meet those criteria need to quarantine or may test to stay and/or mask to stay in school. Exposed individuals may home quarantine for 5 days, and if feasible test on day 5, then wear a mask for days 6 thru 10; or ‘test to stay’ for days 1 thru 6 and wear a mask for days 1-10; or home quarantine for 10 days if you are unable or unwilling to mask.
Follow this link for more information on updated isolation and quarantine guidelines: https://www.michigan.gov/documents/coronavirus/MI_Safer_Schools_Guidance_for_Managing_Students_Exposed_to_COVID-19_734750_7.pdf?utm_campaign=&utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery
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