Lassen County’s Public Health Officer, Dr. Kenneth Korver, M.D. has issued an Quarantine Order for the control of COVID-19 that will remain in effect until rescinded in writing.
The order outlines quarantine requirements for household contacts, intimate partners, caregivers and close contacts of persons with or likely to have COVID-19.
A person is considered to be a close contact of a person with or likely to have COVID-19 if they (a) were within six (6) feet of a person who has or is likely to have COVID-19 for more than ten (10) minutes or (b) had unprotected contact with the body fluids and/or secretions (such as being coughed on/sneezed on, shared utensils or saliva or provided care without wearing protective equipment) of a person who has or is likely to have COVID-19, within 48 hours before that person’s symptoms began and until that person is no longer required to be isolated.
According to Korver all individuals who know that they have been in close contact, as a household member, an intimate partner, a caregiver outside of a healthcare setting or other close contact, as assigned above, with a person diagnosed with or likely to have COVID-19 are required to be quarantined in their home or another residence until 14 days from the last date that they were last in contact with the person who has or is likely to have COVID-19.
Self-quarantine is necessary because an individual is at high risk for developing and spreading COVID-19, if that individual has had close contact, as defined above, with a person who has:
- A positive lab test for COVID-19,
- Signs and symptoms that are consistent with COVID-19 (i.e., fever, cough, shortness of breath or trouble breathing). OR
- Been informed by a physician that they are likely to have COVID-19.
Individuals are required to quarantine themselves for the entire 14 day COVID-19 incubation period, the typical time between exposure and when symptoms and signs of the disease may develop.
Quarantined persons may not leave their place of quarantine or enter any other public or private place during the period of quarantine, except to receive necessary medical care.
