Updated Quarantine Recommendations for Close Contacts from Leavenworth County Health Department
Health Department plans to utilize CDC’s latest guidance for shortened quarantine periods
Leavenworth, Kan. – The Leavenworth County Health Department (LVCO) is updating its quarantine recommendations for individuals who are close contacts of positive COVID-19 cases. These recommendations follow the recently announced CDC quarantine protocol. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment announced yesterday that Kansas counties can choose to adopt the CDC’s revised guidance on the length of quarantines.
For those individuals identified as a close contact, the new guidelines include:
- If close contacts get a PCR COVID-19 test on day 5 or later after being exposed to a COVID-19 case, and they are negative and have no symptoms, they must quarantine for 7 full days and may return to activities on day 8.
- If close contacts do not get tested after being exposed to a COVID-19 case and have no symptoms, they must quarantine for 10 full days and may return to activities on day 11.
- Due to high-risk situations, residents in long-term care facilities, assisted living facilities and correctional facilities are not eligible for the shortened quarantine period.
All close contacts should self-monitor for the entire 14 days from exposure and seek testing if symptoms develop.
The CDC guidance can be found on their website:
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/more/scientific-brief-options-to-reduce-quarantine.html