Center for Disease Control (CDC) Updates

Date of Record: August 24, 2022

CORRECTION - Updated COVID-19 Isolation and Exposure Guidance for the General Public, K-12 Schools, and Early Childhood Programs.

The information posted on August 15, 2022 regarding the updated isolation and exposure guidance for general public, K-12 schools, and early childhood programs had an error on isolation (see the original text below with the highlighted sentence crossed out below).  The CORRECT GUIDANCE IS ON THE WEBPAGE. 

Updated Guidance 08-24-22

Date of Record: August 15, 2022
With many tools now available for reducing COVID-19 severity, such as availability of vaccine, boosters, and treatment, there is significantly less risk of severe illness, hospitalization and death compared to earlier in the pandemic. CDC has updated its guidance for people who know they have been exposed to COVID-19.

  • If you were exposed to COVID-19, regardless of your vaccination status: CDC recommends that instead of quarantining, you wear a high-quality mask for 10 days and get tested 5 full days after your last exposure (day 6).

  • If you have COVID-19: regardless of vaccination status, you should isolate from others for 5 days. If after 5 days you are fever-free for 24 hours without the use of medication and your symptoms are improving, or you never had symptoms, you should test on Day 6. If the test is negative, you may end isolation but should continue masking around others and in public. If the test is positive, you should continue to isolate.