Who's Healthy Enough to be in School? Download the State Health Dept. Guide

State Health Department issues guidance on who is healthy enough to be in school

This week, the State Health Department today issued a nine-page document to help parents, school employees and school officials make decisions regarding who belongs in school when symptoms associated with COVID-19 arise.

The Pre-K to Gr 12 COVID-19 Toolkit includes many decision trees with green and red arrows. One page for employees is labeled: "I have COVID-19 symptoms. When can I go back to work at the school?"

The toolkit states that school officials should call 911 if a student or staff has:

• Trouble breathing or is breathing very quickly.
• Severe abdominal pain, diarrhea or vomiting.
• Change in skin color - becoming pale, patchy and/or blue.

• Racing heart or chest pain.

• Lethargy, irritability, or confusion.

The document also covers procedures for contract tracing.

Download the document here