Student COVID Screening Questions updated Dec 2020
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If a student has these symptoms
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What to do
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- Fever
- Cough
- Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing
- Loss of sense of smell or taste
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- Isolate at home for a minimum of 10 days from when symptoms started or until symptoms resolve, whichever is longer
- COVID-19 testing is recommended
- Can return to school before 10 days only if a COVID-19 test is negative, symptoms are gone, and the student was not a close contact of someone with COVID-19
- Do not enter any long-term care settings for 10 days and until symptoms have resolved
- If test results are positive, isolate at home for at least 10 days and follow instructions received from AHS
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One of the following symptoms
- Chills
- Sore throat/painful swallowing
- Runny nose/congestion
- Headache
- Muscle or joint aches
- Feeling unwell/fatigued
- Nausea, vomiting or diarrhea
- Unexplained loss of appetite
- Muscle/joint aches
- Headache
- Pink eye (conjunctivitis)
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- Stay home from school and monitor for 24 hours. If after 24 hours your symptoms improve, you may return to school when you are feeling better
- A COVID-19 test is not required but is available
- Do not enter any long-term care settings for 10 days and until symptoms have resolved
If a child has any 2 of these symptoms, or after 24 hours, their condition gets worse or they develop a second symptom:
- COVID-19 test recommended
- May return to school after symptoms are gone, even without a COVID-19 test or results
- Do not enter any long-term care settings for 10 days and until symptoms have resolved
- If test results are positive, isolate at home for at least 10 days and follow instructions received from AHS
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