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General Public
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Healthcare Personnel
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Workplace Settings: Need to follow Cal/OSHA requirements pertaining to this new Isolation and Quarantine Guidance from CDPH
In the workplace, employers are subject to the Cal/OSHA COVID-19 Prevention Emergency Temporary Standards (ETS) or in some workplaces the Cal/OSHA Aerosol Transmissible Diseases (ATD) Standard (PDF), and should consult those regulations for additional applicable requirements.
Schools
For quarantine considerations in K-12 school settings, see CDPH K-12 Schools Guidance and CDPH K-12 testing strategies.
Isolation and Quarantine Recommendations for the General Public (not applicable to healthcare personnel or Schools) - April 6, 2022
Table 1: Persons Who Should Isolate
Table 2: Close Contacts - General Public |
Asymptomatic Persons Who are Exposed to Someone with COVID-19 (No Quarantine) | Recommended Actions |
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Everyone, regardless of vaccination status. Persons infected within the prior 90 days do not need to be tested, quarantined, or excluded from work unless symptoms develop. |
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In some workplaces, employers are subject to the Cal/OSHA Aerosol Transmissible Diseases (ATD) Standard and should consult those regulations for additional applicable requirements
High Risk Exposures and Settings:
High-Risk Exposures:
Certain exposures may be deemed higher risk for transmission, such as with an intimate partner, in a household with longer periods of exposure, or while performing unmasked activities with increased exertion and/or voice projection or during prolonged close face-face contact (e,g., during contact sports like wrestling, during indoor group singing, during crowded events where cheering occurs like games, concerts or rallies, particularly if indoors). In such cases, exposed persons should be extra vigilant in undertaking recommended mitigation measures.
Similarly, if the close contact is more likely to become infected due to being unvaccinated, immunocompromised, or if they are more likely to transmit the virus to those who are at higher risk for severe COVID-19, they should also take greater care in following recommendations to limit spreading the virus to others during the 10 days following their exposure. These close contacts should get tested, and may consider quarantining or self-limiting their exposure to others, and are strongly recommended to follow the testing and mitigation measures outlined in this guidance.
High-Risk Settings**:
A high-risk setting is one in which transmission risk is high (e.g., setting with a large number of persons who may not receive the full protection from vaccination due to co-existing medical conditions), and populations served are at risk of more serious COVID-19 disease consequences including hospitalization, severe illness, and death. As such, CDPH is recommending the following work exclusions for staff working in these settings to protect the populations served, and maintaining quarantine recommendations for patients, residents and clients served in these settings, consistent with CDC recommendations.
Table 3: Close Contacts - Specified High-Risk Settings**
(Work exclusion and quarantine)
Persons Who are Exposed to Someone with COVID-19 (Work exclusion and quarantine) | Recommended Actions |
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Recommendations for residents:
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