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[quote=Anonymous]https://www.apsva.us/health-safety-information/

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Contact Tracing/Case Notification
APS has [b]discontinued contact tracing [/b]for individual cases as of June 17. The Virginia Department of Health no longer requires schools to contact trace individual COVID-19 cases. Contract tracing will occur if there is an outbreak at a school. Families and staff will continue to get a daily notification if a COVID-19 case has been reported to the school that day. The daily communication is for information purposes only.

COVID Testing and Test to Stay 
The [b]Test-to-Stay program for unvaccinated individuals as well as symptomatic testing at school locations has been discontinued as of June 17.  [/b]

APS will continue to provide weekly surveillance testing at all school locations and at Syphax for staff and students as a preventative measure to detect asymptomatic COVID cases and prevent the spread. Staff and families who wish to participate must OPT IN. Please view the updated summer schedule for weekly testing online and opt in today, if you have not done so.

Quarantine and Isolation
Close contacts who are up to date with vaccines or who have had Covid-19 within the last 6 months do not need to quarantine unless they develop symptoms. If you develop symptoms, get tested. In the event of a school-based outbreak, APS will support contact tracing as needed to reduce sustained transmission in the school setting. Before allowing students and staff to return to school, they must have completed isolation and/or quarantine periods as appropriate. Staff and students who meet the CDC definition of a close contact and who are not up to date with vaccinations should complete a quarantine period.

Qualtrics Health Symptom Screener
[b]The Qualtrics screener email that used to be sent daily will be discontinued. [/b]Everyone should monitor for symptoms daily and stay home if sick or experiencing symptoms. In the event positive Covid-19 test, families and staff should report the case and will receive follow-up guidance. Families can report a case here and staff can report a case here.[/quote]

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