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Close Contact Exposure.

Students who have had close contact exposure:

• Test within 3-5 days after last exposure.  Rapid COVID tests are available at Health Services.
• Close contacts should wear a well-fitting mask around others for a total of 10 days, especially in indoor settings and when near those at higher risk for severe COVID-19 disease.
• Strongly encouraged to get vaccinated or boosted with Bivalent COVID-19 vaccine.
• If symptoms develop, test, and stay home, AND
• If test result is positive, follow isolation recommendations below.
• Can continue attending classes on campus as long as they remain asymptomatic.

Isolation requirements.

Students with symptoms of COVID and/or who have tested positive for COVID:

• Stay home for at least 5 days after start of symptoms or after date of first positive test if no symptoms.
• It is the student's responsibility to notify instructors.
• Isolation can end after Day 5 if:
  • Symptoms are not present, or are mild and improving; AND
  • You are fever-free for 24 hours (without the use of fever-reducing medication).
• If fever is present, isolation should be continued until 24 hours after fever resolves.
• If symptoms, other than fever, are not improving, continue to isolate until symptoms are improving or until after Day 10.
• If the confirmed case has severe symptoms, or is at high risk of serious disease or has questions concerning care, they should contact their healthcare provider for available treatments.
• Infected persons should wear a well-fitting mask around others for a total of 10 days, especially in indoor settings.
• If you have any questions, contact Health Services at (559)442-8268 or healthservices@fresnocitycollege.edu.

These procedures have been revised to align with updated guidance from the California Department of Public Health's (May 24, 2023).