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COVID-19 Decision Tree for People in Schools, Youth, and Child Care Programs

Following the appropriate path if a child, student, or staff person is experiencing the following symptoms consistent with COVID-19:

More common: fever greater than or equal to 100°F, new onset and/or worsening cough, difficulty breathing, new loss of taste or smell.
Less common: sore throat, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, chills, muscle pain, excessive fatigue, new onset of severe headache, new onset of nasal congestion or runny nose.

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Current On the Dial Learning Model

In Person:
preK-2 and site-based programs

Distance Learning:
*Grades 3-12

*See Return To School Timeline

For people with one "less common" symptom

For people with one "less common" symptom

Evaluate symptom and determine if person is well enough to remain in school or program.

YES
- Return to school or program 24 hours after symptom improved.
- Siblings and household contacts do not need to stay home or quarantine.
NO
- Stay home or send home and consider evaluation from a health care provider and/or a COVID-19 test.
  - Negative COVID-19 test or alternative diagnosis
    - Return to school or program 24 hours after symptom improved
    - Siblings and household contacts do not need to stay home or quarantine.
  - Positive COVID-19 test
    - Stay at home in isolation for at least 10 days from time symptoms started until symptoms improved AND no fever for 24 hours (without fever reducing medication).
    - Siblings and household contacts remain at home or are sent home.

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For people with one "more common" symptom or at least two "less common" symptoms

For people with one "more common" symptom or at least two "less common" symptoms

Person stays home or is sent home as well as siblings and household contacts, then chooses:

Person receives evaluation and/or COVID-19 test from a health care provider.
- Negative COVID-19 test or alternative diagnosis
  - Return to school or program 24 hours after symptom improved
  - Siblings and household contacts do not need to stay home or quarantine.
- Positive COVID-19 test
  - Stay at home in isolation for at least 10 days from time symptoms started until symptoms improved AND no fever for 24 hours (without fever reducing medication).
  - Siblings and household contacts remain at home or are sent home and quarantine from all activities for 14 days.
Does not seek evaluation and/or COVID-19 test from a health care provider
- Stay at home in isolation for at least 10 days from time symptoms started until symptoms improved AND no fever for 24 hours (without fever reducing medication).
- Siblings and household contacts remain at home or are sent home and quarantine from all activities for 14 days.

For people who are in close contact with someone who tested positive for COVID-19

For people who are in close contact with someone who tested positive for COVID-19

Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) announced updated quarantine guidance on Dec. 7, 2020 based on Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidance that shortens quarantine in certain situations.

A close contact is a person who was within 6 feet for at least 15 minutes of someone who is infected. This includes anyone who lives in the same household.

If you had close contact with a person with COVID-19 (an exposure), you need to stay home and away from others (quarantine). COVID-19 can take up to 14 days to make you sick, and some people with COVID-19 never feel sick, so you need to separate yourself from others so you don't spread the virus without knowing it.

You should stay away from others for 14 days if:

Someone in your home has COVID-19.
You live in a building with other people, where it's hard to stay away from others and easy to spread the virus to multiple people, like a long-term care facility.

You may consider being around others after 10 days if:

You do not have any symptoms.
You have not had a positive test for COVID-19.
No one in your home has COVID-19, and you do not live in a building with other people, where it's hard to stay away from others and easy to spread the virus to multiple people, like a long-term care facility.

Even after 10 days you must still:

Watch for symptoms through day 14. If you have any symptoms, stay home, separate yourself from others, and get tested right away.
Continue to wear a mask and stay at least 6 feet away from other people.

You may consider being around others after 7 days only if:

You get tested for COVID-19 at least five full days after you had close contact with someone with COVID-19, and the test is negative.
You do not have any symptoms.
You have not had a positive test for COVID-19.
No one in your home has COVID-19, and you do not live in a building with other people, where it's hard to stay away from others and easy to spread the virus to multiple people, like a long-term care facility.

Even after seven days you must still:

Watch for symptoms through day 14. If you have any symptoms, stay home, separate yourself from others, and get tested right away.
Continue to wear a mask and stay at least 6 feet away from other people.

You cannot end your quarantine before seven days for any reason.

Visit MDE website for more information