Montgomery Co. schools revise COVID-19 guidelines for schools, day cares

Montgomery County, Maryland, officials now say public school staff and students age 5 and older who test positive for COVID-19 should isolate for five days.

After day five, if the person has no symptoms — or has shown symptom improvement — and hasn’t had a fever for 24 hours, they may return to school as long as they wear a mask.

In a change of course from guidelines released in November, Maryland’s largest school system said fully vaccinated adults and children — and those who’ve had COVID-19 in the last 90 days — who have been exposed to someone with COVID-19 don’t need to quarantine, but instead wear a mask around others for 10 days and get tested at least five days after the exposure. They will not be required to quarantine unless they also test positive...

https://wtop.com/montgomery-county/2022/01/montgomery-co-schools-revise-covid-19-guidelines-for-schools-day-cares/