INDIANAPOLIS – Thousands of academics across the country have tested positive for COVID-19 so far this year, and cases reported through the school do not constitute those that are quarantined because they have been in close contact with a positive tester.
In Indiana, Indiana, approximately 2,000 academics and school workers have tested positive for COVID-19 since the start of the school year this fall, according to new knowledge from the Indiana State Department of Health released Wednesday.
But knowing which academics deserve to stay home to prevent the spread of coronavirus is not easy. Here are five things families want to know:
State fitness is turning to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention forums when it comes to the quarantine of youth and their families, said Megan Wade-Taxter, decomposition spokesman at IndyStar, which is part of USA TODAY.
And county fitness departments use those state and CDC rules when they target school districts about who deserves to be in school buildings.
As the pandemic continues, CDC rules and national and local fitness authorities are amended and updated, and new rules are given to schools for use.
An example is the list of symptoms that families examine daily. Here is the updated list:
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Students stay at home if they have tested positive for COVID-19, are waiting for the results of the checks or if they have symptoms of COVID-19, according to the state fitness department’.
In addition, academics remain at home if they are known as close contact with a user who has tested positive or if a user they live with is nearby and has positive symptoms or tests.
If a student is quarantined, it means that they are not yet in poor health who has been exposed to who they were, so they stay away from others so as not to spread the virus.
But it’s not just about staying home and away from classmates, it’s also about staying away from the family circle to lessen the threat of them before the student knows they’re sick.
According to the guidelines, academics who are quarantined, as well as those who are isolated due to positive control, deserve to stay away from other family members as much as imaginable, which means not sharing utensils or toilets if it is imaginable and dressed in masks.
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When a student stays home because of COVID-19, it doesn’t mean their siblings deserve to do the same.
If a student has symptoms that have not yet been evaluated, their siblings do not have to stay home after school. But if there is a “significant fear for COVID-19,” councils imply that siblings and other family members would possibly stay home.
And if the student with symptoms is also in close contact with a user who has tested positive, the other members of his family act as if they were also close contacts; However, if a student is in close contact and has no symptoms, his siblings do not want to quarantine.
And if a user of a family test positives, whether in close contact with another person or not, any user in your home is considered a close contact and will have to stick to the rules for touches that are considered close.
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