COVID contact
If your child has had contact with a person who is positive for COVID (contact may occur at school, at your home, or in the community)
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Your child should quarantine. This means that your child should not leave your house or yard and can not come into any contact with anyone outside of your household.
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Your child should wear a mask at all times, even when in the house.
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Your child should be isolated from household members as much as possible.
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Family members may attend work/school.
See the MA.gov website for quarantine timeline lengths. The length of quarantine will depend on testing.
These guidelines are from
MASSACHUSETTS CHILD AND YOUTH SERVING PROGRAMS REOPEN APPROACH
Minimum Requirements for Health and Safety
June 1, 2020
PROTOCOLS FOR RESPONDING TO COVID-19 SCENARIOS
July 20, 2020

DAYCARE
AND SCHOOL GUIDE
SICK CHILD
Parents should be screening each child daily. If your child has:
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fever (>100.0)
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chills
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cough
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sore throat
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muscle aches
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shortness of breath
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diarrhea
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nausea or vomiting
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diarrhea
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loss of smell/taste
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fatigue (with other symptoms
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runny nose (with other symptoms)
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headache (with other symptoms)
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Call our office to review your child's symptoms with a physician or nurse. It is very likely that your child will need to be tested for coronavirus.
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All members of your household need to quarantine. They can not attend work/school, can not take trips into the community and can not have contact with anyone outside of your household.