{"id":5536,"date":"2021-09-09T15:26:10","date_gmt":"2021-09-09T19:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/machias.edu\/return\/?p=5536"},"modified":"2021-09-17T15:26:48","modified_gmt":"2021-09-17T19:26:48","slug":"i-am-in-person-on-campus-and-have-just-tested-positive-for-covid-19-what-should-i-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/machias.edu\/return\/2021\/09\/09\/i-am-in-person-on-campus-and-have-just-tested-positive-for-covid-19-what-should-i-do\/","title":{"rendered":"I am in-person on campus and have just tested positive for COVID-19. What should I do?"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Stay home to isolate. Please do not come to campus\u00a0(except for a medical appointment at Cutler Health Center based on your symptoms). Following CDC guidelines, employees and students can return to on-site work and classes on campus if they completed 10 days of self-isolation from the onset of symptoms and 24 hours with no fever without the use of fever-reducing medications, and other symptoms of COVID-19 (with the exception of loss of taste or smell) are improving.<\/li>\n<li>Submit a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/return\/covid-19-self-reporting-form\/\">self-report form<\/a>. That will initiate university-based contact tracing. Stay close to your phone; a contact tracer will be calling you within 24 hours.<\/li>\n<li>Open the lines of communication with those you know are your close contacts \u2014 your roommate or classmate, your coworker, etc. Also notify the faculty member of your in-person class or your workplace supervisor. 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