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APPENDIX

Testing: • If symptoms develop , get tested immediately and isolate until test results received. – If positive test, follow isolation recommendations. • If symptoms do not develop, get tested at least 5 days after last close contact. – If negative test, can leave home, but continue to wear a well-fitting mask when around others at home and in public until 10 days after last close contact. – If positive test, isolate for at least 5 days from the date of positive test (if no symptoms). If symptoms develop, isolate for at least 5 days from the date symptoms began (the date the symptoms started is day 0). Follow recommendations in the isolation section. – If unable to get a test 5 days after last close contact, may leave home after day 5 if no symptoms throughout the 5-day period. Mask: • Wear a well-fitting mask for 10 days after last close contact when around others at home and in public. Public Settings: • Do not go to public places during 5 day quarantine. • Do not go to places where unable to wear a mask, such as restaurants and some gyms, and avoid eating around others at home and at work until after 10 days after last close contact. • Avoid people who are immunocompromised or at high risk for severe disease, and nursing homes and other high-risk settings, until after at least 10 days. • If possible, stay away from people at home, especially people who are at higher risk for getting very sick from COVID-19, as well as others outside of home throughout the full 10 days after last close contact. • If unable to quarantine, wear a well-fitting mask for 10 days when around others at home and in public. Full 10-day quarantine: • If unable or unwilling to wear a mask when around others, quarantine for 10 days. • Avoid people who are immunocompromised or at high risk for severe disease, and nursing homes and other high-risk settings, until after at least 10 days. Travel: • Do not travel during 5-day quarantine period. • Get tested at least 5 days after last close contact and make sure test result is negative and remain without symptoms before traveling. • If not tested, delay travel until 10 days after last close contact. • If must travel before 10 days are completed, wear a well-fitting mask when around others for the entire duration of travel during the 10 days. • If unable to wear a mask, you should not travel during the 10 days.

Who does not have to Quarantine

Close contacts in one of the following groups DO NOT have to quarantine:

• Ages 18 or older and have received all recommended vaccine doses, including boosters and additional primary shots for some immuno- compromised people. You must have a booster 5 months after a Pfizer or Moderna vaccine series or 2 months after a J and J vaccine not quarantine if exposed. • Ages 5-17 years and completed the primary series of COVID-19 vaccines. • Had confirmed COVID-19 within the last 90 days (you tested positive using a viral test). • Positive with viral test in the previous 90 days with subsequent recovery and remain without symptoms

*Close contact is currently defined as being within 6 ft of a positive covid person for cumulatively more than 15 minutes over a 24 hour period.

Mask: • Must wear a well-fitting mask around others for 10 days from the date of last close contact with someone with COVID-19 (the date of last close contact is considered day 0). Symptom monitor: Watch for symptoms until 10 days after last close contact. If symptoms develop, isolate immediately and get tested (unless positive with viral test in previous 90 days, then just isolate). Test: Get tested at least 5 days after last close contact. • If the test is Positive or symptoms develop: – isolate from other people and follow recommendations in the Isolation section. • Positive within previous 90 days: with a viral test and subsequently recovered and remain without COVID-19 symptoms: – they do not need to quarantine or get tested after close contact.

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