Ferndale Public School issued the following announcement on Sept. 10.
Earlier this week, we received updated guidance from MDHHS with regards to our quarantining process with regards to close contacts of a COVID-19 positive case.
In the past, we have been advised by MDHHS and Oakland County Health Department to quarantine any close contacts (within 3 feet for 15 minutes, unvaccinated) of a COVID-19 positive case for 10 days.
However, this week, MDHHS revised their guidance. We are no longer required to quarantine every close contact, provided that:
- masks were being worn by both parties
- the COVID-19 positive individual
- the individual close contact
- the close contact is asymptomatic
- the close contact agrees to be tested each day prior to entering the school building (7 days).
MDHHS is also supplying free rapid tests for us to use to conduct this testing, so it will be free of charge for all families.
While we are eager to comply with this new guidance in order to minimize the impact on students and families, it will take some time to initiate this protocol. Our plan is to create a central testing location at Ferndale High School which will offer daily rapid testing for any students deemed a close contact from 7:30 am–9:30 am each morning. We hope to begin offering this within the next week, provided we are able to secure enough tests to begin.
Thank you for your patience and understanding as we navigate this new process.
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