Modification of the County's COVID-19 case-investigation response (Nov. 17, 2020): every positive case instructed to isolate at home until no longer contagious (10 days; fever-free 24 hours); close contacts to quarantine 14 days and not go to work, school, child care or church; priority-location exposure management (schools, long-term care, jail, food processing)

The record

Jurisdiction

Clark County, Washington · Portland · Oregon

Level

County

Authority

RCW 70.05.070; WAC 246-100-036 and -040 (local health officer isolation and quarantine); Washington DOH guidance

Issued

2020-11-17 Nov. 17, 2020

Effective

2020-11-17

End

Quarantine options shortened Dec. 9, 2020 (MET-PDX-042); isolation instructions continued through 2021 under DOH guidance (end not in this set) (read as 2021-09-30)

In force

Nov. 17, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021

Quarters

2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Health care ordersQuarantine and isolation

Addressees

• every person testing positive in Clark County
• close contacts
• priority locations: schools, long-term care facilities, the jail, food processing facilities

Functions reached

• WF workforce (isolation 10 days; quarantine 14 days for every close contact)
• PK food-processing facilities as priority locations
• IN schools and child care
• RS long-term care
• WS church attendance barred during quarantine

Collection

Portland MET-PDX

Operative words

Public Health will continue to interview everyone who tests positive for COVID-19... Cases will be provided with instructions on how to isolate until they are no longer contagious and will receive daily text messages during their isolation period through a secure system called Sara Alert.... Everyone who tests positive for COVID-19 will be instructed to isolate at home until they are no longer contagious. Those who test positive and have symptoms of COVID-19 can end isolation when: they've been fever-free for at least 24 hours without using fever-reducing medicine AND other symptoms are improving AND at least 10 days have passed since symptoms began.... Close contacts should quarantine at home for 14 days from the last day they were in close contact with the sick person. They should not go to work, school, child care or church, or participate in other social or community activities during quarantine.

Enforcement

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