• Using the healthscreening.schools.nyc app, schools must ensure all students (or their families on their behalf) have completed a health screening before entering the school; refer to “Daily Health Screenings” in the COVID-19 School Health Policy.

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• The DOE is also committed to purchasing thermometers for at-home use for families who may need them. 

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• Students/Staff are recommended to arrive with their own face coverings, and if they do not have a face covering, one will be provided before entering the school building. Masks are required throughout the building.

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• Schools must implement single file line up with six feet markers and identified traffic patterns with directional markings. 

 

Staff and students cannot report to school if they have:

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• Been knowingly in close or proximate contact in the past 10 days with anyone who has tested positive through a diagnostic test for COVID-19 or who has or had symptoms of COVID-19.

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• Tested positive through a diagnostic test for COVID-19 in the past 10 days.

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• Experienced any symptoms of COVID-19, including a temperature of greater than 100.0°F, in the past 10 days.

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• Symptoms of COVID-19 are:  

  • Fever of 100.0°F or higher or chills

  • New cough, shortness of breath or difficulty breathing

  • New loss of taste or smell

 

If a student or staff shows symptoms of COVID-19 at school:

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• Students showing symptoms of COVID-19 will be escorted to the nurse’s office or Isolation Room by a designated staff member wearing appropriate PPE.

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• The nurse or health professional will evaluate the student for symptoms of COVID-19, such as fever, cough, shortness of breath, sore throat, lack of sense of taste or smell, and other symptoms. If no nurse or health professional is available, the student will wait in the supervised Isolation Room for pick up

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• A family member or guardian will be contacted by a staff member and asked to pick up the student. Upon pick up, the nurse/health professional and school staff should strongly encourage the individual/family to visit a doctor and get the student tested for COVID-19, and provide the information of the closest testing site, if asked.

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RETURNING TO SCHOOL AFTER COVID-19 SYMPTOMS:

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Any individual (student or staff member) showing signs of COVID-19 can only return to school when all the following conditions are met:

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• Received a positive COVID-19 test AND

• Isolated for 10 days AND

• Presents clearance from a healthcare provider AND

• The individual has been symptom free for 24 hours without the use of medication.  

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• Received a negative COVID-19 test AND

• Presents clearance from a healthcare provider AND

• The individual has been symptom free for 24 hours without the use of medication.  

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• Never got a COVID-19 test AND

• At least 10 days have passed since symptoms started AND

• Presents clearance from a healthcare provider AND

• The individual has been symptom free for 24 hours without the use of medication.  

 If DOHMH or NYC Test & Trace Corps determine the individual is considered a close contact of a positive case, the individual can only return to school when all the following are met:

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• The individual has completed a 14-day quarantine regardless of symptoms or COVID-19 test results since their last exposure to that case AND

• Presents clearance from a health care provider evaluation AND

• The student has been symptom free for 24 hours without the use of medication.

• Students in quarantine should participate in remote learning if feeling well enough. 

 

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