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Let’s begin with defining close contact, CLOSE CONTACT (according to the CDC) means contact with an individual less than 6 feet from you for more than 15 minutes at a time.

• Person with COVID-19 who is symptomatic: infectious period would start 2 days before their symptom onset and ends when they meet criteria for discontinuing home isolation; can be laboratory-confirmed or a clinically compatible illness. ​If you had close contact with this person the two days before their symptom onset or any other time during their infectious period you need to quarantine for 14 days. 
• Person who has tested positive for COVID-19 (laboratory-confirmed) but has not had any symptoms:
   
  quarantine would start 2 days before the date of specimen collection and ends when they meet criteria for discontinuing home isolation. ​If you had close contact with this person the two days before they tested positive or any other time during their infectious period you need to quarantine for 14 days. 
  
  

Please note in health care we are wearing full PPE, meaning if your close contact is at work wearing full PPE it would not count as a close contact.

Note: This is irrespective of whether the person with COVID-19 or the contact was wearing a mask or whether the contact was wearing respiratory personal protective equipment (PPE)

Are you able to have complete* separation from the sick person in your home?

• NO: Released from quarantine 14 days after the sick person is well
• YES: Released from quarantine 14 days after our last contact with the sick person

*Complete separation means no contact, no time together in the same room, no sharing of any spaces, such as using the same bathroom.

Below is the symptom-based strategy for determining when a Miravida Living employee can return to work.

Employee with mild to moderate illness who are not severely immunocompromised:

• At least 10 days have passed since symptoms first appeared and
• At least 24 hours have passed since the last fever without the use of fever-reducing medications and
• Symptoms (e.g., cough, shortness of breath) have improved
  
  

Note: Employees who are not severely immunocompromised and were asymptomatic throughout their infection may return to work when at least 10 days have passed since the date of their first positive viral diagnostic test. If employee has moderate to critical illness or who are severely immunocompromised return time may vary.