Covid 19 Close Contact Definition Alberta

Returned to canada from outside the country.

Covid 19 close contact definition alberta. What should i do if i think i have covid 19. Contact tracers are calling close contacts to people with covid 19 to have them get tested and self isolate. The change may prompt health departments to do contact tracing in cases where an exposure might previously have been considered too brief said dr. 10 days if you have a cough fever shortness of breath runny nose or sore throat that is not related to a pre existing illness or health condition.

A person with no laboratory testing done with clinical illness c who had close contact to a lab confirmed covid 19 case or a person with laboratory testing done with clinical illness c who meets the covid 19. Cough fever shortness of breath runny nose or sore throat. 14 days if you returned to or entered alberta from outside canada or are a close contact of a person with covid 19 plus an. Albertans are legally required to isolate for.

Isolation can help prevent the spread of covid 19. A person living in the same household as a covid 19 case. Exposure criteria in the 14 days f before onset of illness a person who. Contact tracing will be conducted for close contacts any individual within 6 feet of an infected person for a total of 15 minutes or more of laboratory confirmed or probable covid 19 patients.

Being coughed on touching used paper tissues. If you have symptoms including fever cough shortness of breath difficulty breathing sore throat or runny nose you must self isolate for 10 days. William schaffner a vanderbilt university infectious diseases expert. Had close contact with a probable case of covid 19.

But who exactly is a close contact. A person with symptoms compatible with covid 19 see footnote 8 and in whom laboratory diagnosis of covid 19 is inconclusive see footnotes 4 5. Under public health order you are legally required to isolate for. Covid 19 definition of close contact close contact of a probable or confirmed case is defined as.

14 days if they returned to or entered alberta from outside canada or are a close contact of someone with covid 19. Lived in or worked in a facility known to be experiencing an outbreak of covid 19 e g long term care prison or b. Or is a close contact of a person who had acute respiratory illness who returned from travel outside canada in the previous 14 days before they became sick. A person having had direct physical contact with a covid 19 case e g.

10 days if they have any symptoms that are not related to a pre existing illness or health condition. The cdc advises anyone who has been in close contact with a covid 19 patient to quarantine for two weeks. In person communication may be considered only. Remote communications for the purposes of case investigation and contact tracing should be prioritized.

Alberta health will update this guideline as new information becomes available on the situation.