If you are asked to quarantine for 7 or more days because it was determined that you have been a close contact to someone who tested positive for COVID-19 (unvaccinated and within 6 feet for longer than 15 minutes), please read and heed the following:
Quarantine at home and stay separated from others for the duration.
Get tested 3-7 days after your quarantine begins and also within 72 hours of returning to work or school. (Ideally, for a 7-day quarantine, get tested on Day 3 and Day 6 or 7, and return on Day 8.)
If you tested positive and are asymptomatic, your isolation period is similar to a close contact's quarantine period. You should test again within 48 hours to confirm it is a true positive, then isolate and wait for clearance from the Community Engagement Team to return to work or school. You will NOT test again for 90 days after your return because it takes that long (or longer) for the virus to become undetectable.
When the Community Engagement Team calls you, the phone may display "Unknown Caller." Please answer. If you miss their call(s), the Community Engagement Team's # is 213-725-5637.
Contacts of close contacts are not considered to be close contacts of positive cases. Parents, siblings, teachers, friends and others should stay physically distanced from the close contact but do not need to also quarantine.
Here are more facts about what to do when there is a positive case at work or school:
https://achieve.lausd.net/covidfaq
