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opcxu+N c z San Joaquin County A DIVISION aF w Public Health Services HEALTHCARE health graves here SERVICES AGENCY �ilFea? A. Close contacts to persons with COVID-19 ("cases") are individuals who: • Live in or have stayed at the case's residence, OR • Are intimate sexual partners of the case, OR • Provide or provided care to the case without wearing a mask, gown, and gloves, OR • Are within 6 feet of a case for a cumulative total of 15 minutes or more over a 24-hour period. AND This contact occurred while the case was determined to be infectious. A case is infectious from 48 hours before their symptoms began (or the date of the positive test if no symptoms) and until they are released from isolation. B. All asymptomatic individuals who are unvaccinated or vaccinated and booster-eligible but have not yet received their booster dose who have been identified as close contacts to a person with COVID-19 must quarantine. They must immediately take the following actions: • Quarantine for at least 5 days from the date of last exposure • Quarantine can end after day 5 if symptoms are not present and a diagnostic specimen collected on day 5 or later tests negative • If unable to test or choosing not to test, and symptoms are not present, quarantine can end after day 10. • Individuals must stay in their home or another residence through the duration of the quarantine because they are at high risk for developing and spreading COVID-19. • Quarantine persons may not leave their place of quarantine or enter any other public or private place except to receive necessary medical care. • Carefully review and closely follow all requirement listed in the "Home Quarantine Instructions," at http://www.sjcphs.org/Isolation_Quarantine.aspx . • Continue daily self-monitoring for symptoms through Day 10 from last known exposure. • Follow all recommended non-pharmaceutical interventions (e.g., wearing a mask when around others, hand washing, avoiding crowds, and staying at least 6 feet from others) through Day 10 from last known exposure. • If any symptoms develop during this 10-day period, the exposed person should immediately self-isolate, get tested and contact their healthcare provider with any questions regarding their care. • In a workplace setting, asymptomatic employees that are vaccinated and booster- eligible but have not yet received their booster dose, are not required to stay home from work if: