WHAT IS THE POLICY FOR CONFIRMED OR SUSPECTED COVID-19 CASES IN STUDENTS OR EMPLOYEES?

If a student or staff member is suspected or confirmed to have COVID-19, they will be asked to stay at home (with remote learning or work options) until the appropriate criteria are met as described below, based on CDC guidance:

1. At least 3 days have passed since recovery (resolution of fever without the use of fever-reducing medications and improvement in respiratory symptoms)

2. AND either

a. At least 10 days have passed since symptoms first appeared

b. OR they have a negative result based on authorized

COVID-19 diagnostic tests by a medical professional.

1. At least 10 days have passed since the positive result in the

diagnostic test (assuming no symptoms appeared during that time)

2. OR they have negative results based on authorized
COVID-19 diagnostic tests by a medical professional.

Exposure to a suspected or confirmed case of COVID-19:

Contact Tracing and Additional Required Quarantine: Perhaps the most challenging aspect of encountering a suspected or confirmed case of COVID-19 among our community as we reopen is identifying those students or employees who have been near the infected person on the MCDS campus – and thus must also be quarantined. Luckily, there is a simple numerical

sequence you can remember that will enable you to follow the CDC contact tracing guidelines: 6-15-48.

We will identify students/employees who were unprotected and within 6 feet of them, for 15 minutes or more, within the 48 hours prior to the sick individual showing symptoms, or later.