Be Well Update: October 27, 2021

Masks for Recommended for Unvaccinated and Vaccinated

Guidance for Close Contacts UPDATED 

Some updated information from your Be Well, Faith! team.

If you have close contact with someone who has had a positive COVID-19 test (regardless of whether a test occurs at a clinic, testing site, at home, or at another setting), follow the appropriate guidance at Close Contacts and Tracing. This link will take you to a wealth of information that has been updated at the Minnesota Department of Health. 

If you are not fully vaccinated

• Stay home and away from others (quarantine), wear a mask if other people are around, get tested immediately, watch for symptoms for 14 days, and follow recommendations if you are sick or test positive.

If you are fully vaccinated

• Get tested three to five days after exposure, wear a mask in public, indoor settings (and consider this for at home if you reside with others who are immunocompromised, at increased risk of severe disease, or unvaccinated -including children under the age of 12) for 14 days or until you receive a negative test result.
• You do not need to quarantine if you do not have any symptoms of COVID-19. You should watch for symptoms for 14 days.

If you had COVID-19 in the past three months

If you have recovered from COVID-19 in the past three months and are exposed again:

• You do not need to get tested unless you develop symptoms. and you do not need to quarantine if ALL of the following are true:
• Your illness was laboratory confirmed in the past three months.
• You have fully recovered.
• You do not currently have any symptoms of COVID-19.

If you are a K-12 student

• Refer to Schools and Child Care COVID-19: Best Practice Recommendations and follow the guidance of your local school.

If you live or work in a healthcare facility

• People who live or work in a health care or long-term care facility, have been vaccinated, and have a COVID-19 exposure should refer to COVID-19 Recommendations for Health Care Workers (PDF).