Attention
If a child has had a negative COVID-19 test, they can return to school once there is no fever without the use of fever-reducing medicines and they have felt well for 24 hours.
If a child has been diagnosed with COVID-19 but does not have symptoms, they should remain out of school until 10 days have passed since the date of their first positive COVID-19 diagnostic test, assuming they have not subsequently developed symptoms since their positive test.
If a child has been determined to have been in close contact with someone diagnosed with COVID-19 they should remain out of school for 14 days since the last known contact, unless they test positive. In which case, criteria above would apply. The must complete the full 14 days of quarantine even if they tested negative.
A person can return to school, following normal school policies, if the receive confirmation of an alternative diagnosis from a health care provider that would explain the COViD-19 like symptom(s), once there is no fever without the use of fever-reducing medicines and they have felt well for 24 hours.