COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – With the surge of COVID-19 cases both locally and around the state, the Branch Hillsdale St. Joseph Community Health Agency has announced they are following state guidelines and reinstituting a standard 14-day quarantine for close contacts of COVID-19 cases. This will remove the option of a 10-day quarantine for non-variant cases.
Health Officer Rebecca Burns says that because of the increased number of cases, there may also be a delay in contacting someone who tests positive for the virus or has been in close contact to someone who has COVID-19.
Burns says if you receive a positive COVID-19 test result, isolate for at least 10 days from the start of your symptom(s) or your positive test date if you didn’t have symptoms. Notify your close contacts that they may have been exposed and encourage them to quarantine for 14 days from their last date of contact with you.
If you know you are a close contact, start self-quarantine. Residents are also urged to continue taking precautions to slow the spread of the virus.
Community members 16 years of age and older are strongly encouraged to consider receiving a COVID-19 vaccine if they have not done so yet.
COVID-19 vaccine clinics are being held at the Hillsdale United Brethren Church and at Centreville High School on Wednesday and at Bronson High School on Friday. The Friday clinic has been moved from the Dearth Community Center in Coldwater to Bronson.
Vaccine appointments can be made at www.bhsj.org. A list of pharmacies scheduling vaccine appointments near you can be found at www.vaccinefinder.org.
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