Guidance for COVID-19 Exposures, Symptoms and Positive Cases: Guidance on Isolation and Quarantine for COVID-19 (ca.gov)
Positive Cases:
- Stay home if you have COVID symptoms you may infect others without knowing it.
- Report it on the MyVCCCD mobile app.
- Contact the Student Health Center: 805.678-5932 for next steps.
- Speak to a healthcare provider about treatment options, especially if you develop symptoms.
- If you have symptoms, isolate for 24 hours. If no fever for 24 hours without fever-reducing medication AND symptoms are mild and resolving contact the student health center to be cleared to return to campus.
- Wear a well-fitting mask indoors around others for 10 days. Day 0 is the day your symptoms began or the day you test positive if no symptoms. May stop masking if 2 sequential negative tests 2 days in a row at least 24 hours apart.
Symptoms:
- Stay home, as you may infect others without knowing it.
- Report it on the MyVCCCD mobile app.
- Test right away. Upload results to the app.
- Contact the Student Health Center: 805-678-5932
- Isolate (stay home and separate yourself from others) while waiting for test results.
- If the result is negative, stay home at least 24 hours, until you have not had a fever for 24 hours without fever reducing medications, and other symptoms are mild and improving. If your symptoms continue, consider another antigen test after 48 hours or take a PCR test as soon as you can.
Exposure:
- If you have COVID-19 symptoms, you should test, stay home, mask right away, and contact the health center.
- If you do not have symptoms, and are at higher risk of severe COVID-19 infection and would benefit from treatment, you should test within 5 days.
- If you do not have symptoms and have contact with people who are at higher risk for severe infection, you should mask indoors when around such people for 10 days. Consider testing within 5 days after the last exposure date (Day 0) and before contact with higher-risk people. For further details, see CDPH COVID-19 testing guidance.
Classroom/Workspace Exposures:
Please report any classroom/workspace exposures you become aware of to the Student Health Center (SHC) as soon as possible: 805-678-5932
The SHC will send an exposure notice to employees and/or students who were exposed. The information will include
Free COVID-19 Tests: You can access free rapid home tests at OC student health center or from the U.S government by ordering on https://www.covid.gov/tests
COVID Vaccines: The CDC recommends receiving updated COVID vaccine as a best practice to protect yourself and those around you from either contracting the virus or experiencing severe illness. Go to https://vchca.org/covid-19-vaccine-information for more information on vaccine access.