Voluntary Self-quarantine involves remaining in your home or residence hall with limited public contact due to potential exposure to infectious disease (cold or flu), international travel or travel to an area with a high occurrence of COVID-19.
During quarantine, the individual should do their best to keep six feet of distance between any others in their home environment, limit contact to as few individuals as possible (as few as 1-2), and use antibacterial disinfectant after each restroom use, especially for shared restrooms.
If an individual has active cold or flu-like symptoms, including fever, cough, sneezing, vomiting, intestinal issues, or shortness of breath, they should choose to self-isolate themselves until such symptoms are no longer present for a minimum of 10 days since initial symptoms appeared and 24 hours without medication to treat symptoms. While isolating, when possible should stay at home in a specific room away from others, and use a separate bathroom, if possible. After symptoms cease, the individual should do their best to keep six feet of distance between any others in their home environment, limit contact to as few individuals as possible (as few as 1-2), and use antibacterial disinfectant after each restroom use, especially for shared restrooms.
Mandated Quarantine involves remaining in your home with limited public contact due to confirmed exposure to COVID-19. This is usually determined by the Department of Public Health through investigation and surveillance of current active COVID-19 cases. Such mandated quarantine involves no less than 10 days of confinement.
Mandated Isolation involves remaining in your home with zero public contact due to a positive COVID-19 test, with or without active symptoms. The amount of time spent in isolation will be dependent on the length of illness, presence of symptoms and medical provider’s guidance.
