When do students, teachers need to quarantine amid coronavirus delta variant? Heres what the CDC says. – SILive.com

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. Staten Island families are preparing for the return to school as the coronavirus (COVID-19) delta variant continues to spread, raising the question: Does my child have to quarantine if exposed to the virus?

That answer varies, depending on the situation, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Preventions (CDC) newest guidelines.

The New York State Education Department (NYSED) developed its reopening guidance based on the CDC guidelines and reopening guidance from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP).

According to the CDC, students and teachers who are unvaccinated should quarantine if they have been within six feet of someone who has COVID-19 for a cumulative total of 15 minutes or more over a 24-hour period.

However, those who are fully vaccinated do not need to quarantine after contact with someone who has COVID-19 unless they have symptoms, the CDC says. But they should get tested.

Even if they dont have symptoms, they should get tested and continue to wear a mask indoors in public for 14 days following exposure or until they test negative, the CDC says.

If a vaccinated student has been in a classroom, at least three feet from the infected student, and both students were wearing masks the whole time, the exposed student does not have to quarantine, the CDC says.

But if an unvaccinated student was less than three feet apart in a classroom, less than six feet apart elsewhere in school, or either student was unmasked, quarantining is necessary the CDC says.

The CDC suggests 14, 10 or seven calendar days as acceptable quarantines.

Adults may return after seven days if they have tested negative, the CDC says.

Anyone with COVID should isolate at home and not come to school at all, the CDC says. An infected individual should return to school after 10 days have passed since their first symptoms and they have gone 24 hours without a fever.

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When do students, teachers need to quarantine amid coronavirus delta variant? Heres what the CDC says. - SILive.com