COVID-19 Information
- Santa Clara County COVID-19 Website
- Santa Clara County Public Health COVID-19 Dashboard
- California Department of Public Health COVID-19 Updates
*AT-HOME TESTING KITS ARE ONLY AVAILABLE FOR CUHSD STUDENTS AND STAFF*
CUHSD will provide students and staff free at-home tests as long as supplies last.
COVID-19 possible symptoms include: fever of 100.4 F or higher, chills, cough, shortness of breath/difficulty breathing, sore throat, fatigue, muscle or body aches, headache, loss of taste or smell, nausea, vomiting, or diarrhea.
Recommendations for People Who Test Positive:
Individuals with symptoms:
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Remain at home for at least 24 hours from the day of symptom onset.
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May return if 24 hours have passed with no fever without the use of fever-reducing medications AND symptoms are mild and improving.
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Recommended that students wear a mask when around other people indoors for the10 days after they become sick or test positive. You may remove a mask sooner than 10 days if you have two sequential negative tests at least one day apart.
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Staff are required to wear a mask at work for 10 days after becoming symptomatic or testing positive.
Individuals with no symptoms:
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There is no required isolation or exclusion.
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If you develop symptoms later, follow the symptom guidelines above.
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Recommended that students wear a mask when around other people indoors for the10 days after they become sick or tested positive. You may remove a mask sooner than 10 days if you have two sequential negative tests at least one day apart.
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Staff are required to wear a mask at work for the10 days after becoming symptomatic or testing positive.
Close Contact to a Person with COVID-19
"Close Contact" is defined as sharing the same indoor airspace for a cumulative total of 15 minutes or more over a 24-hour period of time. Spaces that are separated by floor-to-ceiling walls (e.g. offices, suites, rooms, waiting areas, bathrooms, or break or eating areas that are separated by floor-to-ceiling walls) must be considered distinct indoor airspaces.
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May continue to attend school/work as long as they are not symptomatic.
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Students and staff with symptoms must stay home and get tested immediately.
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Students and staff with no symptoms who are also at a higher risk for severe COVID-19 are encouraged to test within 5 days.
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If you are going to have contact with people who are at higher risk for severe COVID-19, you are encouraged to mask indoors around such people for 10 days and consider testing within 5 days after the last exposure and before contact with high-risk people.
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Those with symptoms can return if COVID-19 test is negative once symptoms improve and no fever for at least 24 hours without fever reducing medication.