A student or staff member who has been exposed to someone with COVID-19 or has any of the following symptoms should stay home

Please see When to Get a COVID-19 Test below to determine when someone with symptoms of COVID-19 should be tested AND call your school to inform them of the reason for your absence.

Anyone with at least one COVID-19 symptom must isolate at home for 10 days. Cohort and close contacts do not need to quarantine unless directed to do so by public health.

If at least one of the above symptoms have developed within 14 days of being around someone diagnosed with COVID-19, please contact Pitkin County Public Health immediately at (970) 429-6186.

A student or staff member should be tested for COVID-19 under the following circumstances

Call your primary care physician if you meet either of the above criteria so that they may order a COVID-19 test. If you do not have a primary care
physician or are uninsured, Aspen Valley Hospital (970-544-1392) and Mountain Family Health Centers (970 945-2840) may be able to support you.

You must isolate at home following your COVID-19 Test. People with COVID-19 symptoms must continue to isolate even with a negative COVID-19 test result.

If you have symptoms or test positive for Covid-19

You will be asked to isolate yourself

You may be contagious even if you don’t feel sick

Stay home for 10 days

If after 10 days you have no fever for 24 hours and all other symptoms have improved, you may discontinue isolation

If you were exposed to Covid-19

You will be asked to quarantine yourself

You may be contagious even if you don’t feel sick

Stay home for 14 days

If after 14 days you don’t have symptoms, you may discontinue quarantine