Close contact
If you were identified as someone who was within 6 feet of an infected person for 15 minutes or more over a 24-hour period, starting from two days before illness onset (for asymptomatic patients: two days prior to test specimen collection) until the time the patient is isolated, you’ll be notified by Health Services. Action will be needed.
Students may be instructed to schedule a COVID-19 test through Health Services, in which case their insurance will be billed for this test. Or they may be instructed to begin immediate self-quarantine without a test.
Faculty/staff will be instructed to contact their primary physician or visit one of the testing sites in the Peoria area.
Close contacts will be required to quarantine. Individuals who meet the criteria for close contacts may only be released from quarantine if they have no symptoms for a 14-day period. This quarantine is required even after receiving a negative test result.
The CDC released options to reduce quarantine time, however local public health authorities determine and establish the quarantine options for their jurisdictions. At this time we continue to follow the original protocol.
Contact
If you have a connection with someone who tested positive and you’re NOT considered a close contact, you should monitor your health. Action in this case is NOT needed unless you begin to develop symptoms. Risk of transmission is considered low.
No Contact
No communication received. Secondary contacts or brief contacts with a person diagnosed with COVID-19 are generally not at risk of infection.