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HomeMy WebLinkAbout0767 INDEPENDENCE DRIVE - Health (2) 53;L tom D a t - - ---- - - I 4 I II f I — r ° } .�° by., a �:• S'm - SMEAD No, 10334 2-153L MADE IN USA GET ORGANIZED AT SMEAD-COM 'A t f, do Tti 'own of Barnstable s�' Public Health:Division I " 7 Z V1� * e�wsrns►E. �y.. y MASS, 200 Main Street, Hyannis MA 02601 �p 163g. jfD MA'S Office: 508-862-4644 J: Thursday May 7, 2020 Ms. Amy Peters; and Mr. Andre Peters; and Mr. Isiah Peters, and Mr. Terrell Peters, and Mr. Richard Mendez Apartment Unit 304D 767 Independence Drive, . Hyannis, Ma 02601 EMERGENCY WRITTEN ORDER REQUIRING ISOLATION AND QUARANTINE This Order is being issued to protect the public health and'safety where there.is a cluster of confirmed COVID-19 cases within the Town of Barnstable. `.The reason for this order is due to the fact that•you, the residents of Apartment-Unit 304D, 767 Independence Drive, Hyannis Massachusetts.have tested positive for COVID-19. Pursuant to.the authority,vested in the Barnstable Board of Health_ under Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 111, Section 95,.and 106 CMR 300.00, and authority vested in the Board of.Health Agent under Massachusetts-General Laws; Section 111, Section 30, you are hereby Ordered as follows: 1) .You are required to isolate by remaining inside Apartment Unit 304D, 767 Independence Drive; Hyannis MA.immediately and until May 21, 2020; 2) This isoiation.Order requires that no one may enter or leave this apartment unit except for health care personnel for urgent medical needs and testing and except as set forth below in paragraph 3. 3)- .All residents of Apartment Unit 304D, 767 Independence Drive, Hyannis MA are to. be confined to this:Apartment Unit, shelter in place, and isolate from the general public; except for when'the occupant(s) need medical care or are undergoing testing at an off-site.testing.center as authorized'by a physician, and except for when the occupant(s)'conduct washing/drying of laundry during the designated pre-approved laundry hours scheduled once per week onsite within this same apartment building. 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You are required to comply forthwith with all of the provisions contained in the document"Information and Guidance for Persons in Isolation due to COVID-19, issued by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Executive Office of.Health and Human.Services, dated March 11, 2020, a copy of which is attached hereto and incorporated by reference as "Exhibit A." 5) .You.are required to comply forthwith with all of the provisions contained in the. document °Information:and Guidance for Persons in Quarantine due to COV}D719 issued by the Commonwealth.of Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services, dated March 11, 2020, a copy of which is attached hereto and incorporated by reference as "Exhibit B." 6) You are.required to comply with directives from the Town of Barnstable Director of Public Health and/or the Town of Barnstable,Public Health Nurse. 7) You are required to observe each and every element of this Order unless advised otherwise, in writing, by the Town of Barnstable Board of Health. The duration of the isolation and quarantine period shall be for fourteen days. However an emergency written isolation and quarantine order may be re-issued in the future if an additional quarantine time period is needed. This order is subject to change as this is a rapidly evolving situation and may be modified by the Board of Health or its duly authorized Agent. .Should you be aggrieved by this order, you have a right to appeal pursuant to 105 CMR 300.210(F) by contacting the Director of Public Health Thomas A. McKean, at telephone (508)-862-4644. An individual or group subject to an order of isolation or quarantine may file a petition in Superior Court challenging the order at any time. Unless rescinded by order of the Department or local board of health or a court, the order for isolation or quarantine shall remain in force and effect until any appeal is finally determined. PER.ORDER OF THE BOARD-OF HEALTH Thomas A. McKean, R.S., H.O. Director of Public Health and Board of Health Agent R4 �¢ The Commonwealth of Massachusetts U Executive Office of Health and Human Services Department of Public Health Bureau of Infectious Disease and Laboratory Sciences s 305.South Street, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130 MARYLOU SUDDERS Secretary CHARLES D.BAKER Governor MONICA BHAREL,MD,MPH Commissioner KARYN E.POLITO Lieutenant Governor Information and Guidance for Tel:617-624-6000 www.mass.govldph . Persons in Isolation due to COVID-19 You are required to isolate (separate yourself) from other people because you have been diagnosed as a confirmed case of infection with 2019 Novel (new) Coronavirus(COVID-19) or because you had a high-risk exposure to COVID-19 and now have symptoms. COVID-19 is caused by a virus. It is spread through respiratory secretions(mucous and droplets from coughs and sneezes from an infected person and can cause serious illness such as pneumonia(lung infection), and in some rare cases, death. You must remain in isolation until a public health authority (the Massachusetts Department of Public Health or your local Board of Health)tells you can leave your home. A public health authority will be in contact with you daily and will conduct another assessment 14 days after the date your infection is confirmed. A public health authority will confirm that you may leave your home once the risk of infecting others is determined to be low. During the isolation period, you may not have visitors in the location where you are isolating. If you must share living quarters with another person, then that person will be subject to quarantine. If someone in your home is a young child,pregnant, immunocompromised,or has a chronic heart, liver,lung, or kidney condition, or is over 65 years of age, that person is at particular risk if they have contact with you during isolation. If anyone you have contact with fits this description,please discuss this with your local board of health or the Massachusetts Department of public health.so that steps may be taken to protect these individuals. Your local Board of Health and the Massachusetts Department of Public Health will work with you to identify anybody, including household members, who are considered to have been exposed and will make required quarantine recommendations. This information sheet provides you with information about what to do and not to do while you are in isolation. If you have questions after reading this, you can call your local Board of Health, or the Massachusetts Department of Public Health which is available 24/7 at 617-983-6800. 3/11/20 1 i While you are in isolation you should follow these instructions: 1. Do not leave your home except for urgent medical care. If you must leave your home for urgent medical care, wear a mask,such as a surgical mask, if available. If not available try to maintain a distance of six feet from others; when this is not possible, limit your time being closer to people to five minutes or less. Call the healthcare provider before you go and tell them that you have COVID-19 infection. For the protection of others, you should use a personal car or call an ambulance to travel to your healthcare provider. Do not take public transportation,ride shares (e.g. Uber or Lyft),or taxis under any circumstance. 2. Wear a mask, such as a surgical mask, if available if you must be in contact with another person. If not available try to maintain a distance of six feet from others; when this is not possible, limit your time being closer to people to five minutes or less. 3. Do not have visitors in your home. 4. If possible,other people should not be living in your home while you are in isolation there. 5. Do not share a bedroom or bathroom with anyone else. 6. Do not share towels or bed sheetsiblankets with other people. 7. Wash your laundry separately from the laundry of other people. 8. Do not share eating or drinking utensils with other people. Wash utensils normally in a dishwasher or by hand with warm water and soap. 9. Cover your mouth and nose when coughing or sneezing and throw tissues away in a lined waste container. Then wash your hands. 10. Wash your hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds. If soap and water are not available use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer that contains at least 60%alcohol. Anyone you have to come in contact with in your household should: 1. Remain aware of their health and watch themselves for: a. A fever(temperature over 100.3 degrees). They should take their temperature in the morning and at night. b. Other symptoms such as a cough, difficulty breathing, shortness of breath, chills, stiff or sore muscles,headache, or diarrhea. 2. Wash hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds. If soap and water are not available they should use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer that contains at least 60% alcohol. 3. Wear a mask,such as a surgical mask, if available, when they are in close contact.with , you if you cannot wear a mask. If not available try to maintain a distance of six feet from others; when this is not possible, limit your time being closer to people to five minutes or less. They should be careful to only touch the parts of the mask that go around the ears or behind the head. Do not touch the front of the mask. They should wash their hands immediately with soap and water after taking the mask off. 4. Wear disposable gloves if they need to have direct contact with your body fluids (saliva/spit,mucous, urine,feces, vomit)or handle your dirty laundry. Remove the gloves carefully without touching the outside of the gloves, throw the gloves away, and wash their hands with soap and water or an alcohol-based hand rub. 3/11/20 2 F j. . If anyone in your household develops any of these symptoms,contact the local health department or the Massachusetts Department of Public Health at the phone numbers below. If they need to seek medical care,they should call their healthcare provider before they go and tell them they may have been exposed to COVID-19. Other advice to keep your germs from spreading: l. Your gloves, tissues,masks, and other trash should be put in a bag,tied closed, and put with other household trash. 2. Your laundry may be done in a standard washing machine using warm water and detergent. Bleach may be used but is not needed. Do not shake out the dirty laundry and avoid having the dirty laundry touch anyone's skin or clothing. 3. Surfaces in the home that you touch or that become dirty with your body fluids (saliva/spit, mucous,urine, feces, vomit) should be cleaned and disinfected with a household disinfectant according to the directions on the label. Wear gloves when cleaning. 4. Your bathroom should be cleaned every day using a household disinfectant according to the directions on the label. Wear gloves when cleaning. How long should you follow these instructions? You will need to remain isolated for as long as it is possible for you to spread the infection to others. A public health authority(MDPH or your local board of health) will be in contact with you daily and.will tell you when you can stop isolating yourself. They will regularly re-assess you and will determine if you need to stay isolated or if the risk of infection to others is low enough that you can stop staying in isolation. Questions? Please call your healthcare provider, your local board of health or the Massachusetts Department of Public Health with any questions. 1. Your healthcare provider Name: Phone number: OR 2. Your local board of health(Town/City) Town or City: Contact Person: Phone number: OR 3. The Massachusetts Department of Public Health On-call Epidemiologist Phone: (617) 983-6800 (7 days per week/24 hours per day) 3/1.1/20 3 /►76Y►\avi ... The Commonwealth of Massachusetts Executive.Office of Health and Human Services Department of Public Health Bureau of Infectious Disease and Laboratory Sciences. .305 South Street, Jamaica Plain, MA. 02130 MARYLOU SUDDERS Information and Guidance for Persons Secretary CHARLEo QDI BAKER MONICA BHAREL,MD,MPH mor in Quarantine due to COVID-19 Commissioner. KARYN E.POLITO Lieutenant Governor Tel:617-624-6000 www.mass.gov/dph You are required to quarantine (separate yourself) from other people because you have been exposed to1he 2019 Novel (New)Coronavirus (COVID-19). If you have,COVID-19,you could" Spread it to.people around you and make them sick. COVID-1.9 is caused by a virus. It is spread through respiratory secretions (mucous and droplets from coughs and sneezes) from an infected person and can cause serious illness such as pneumonia(lung infection), and in some rare cases, death. This information sheet provides you with information about what to do and not to do while you are in quarantine. If you have questions after reading this, you can call your local Board of Health, or the Massachusetts Department of Public Health which is available 24/7 at 617-983- 6800. During your quarantine period, you should not have visitors in your home. The other people who live in your home can continue to do their normal activities as long as they are not in contact with you, as described further below, and not also under quarantine. If you test positive for COVID-19 and someone comes into contact with you that person might also then need to be quarantined. While you are in quarantine you should follow these instructions: 1. Do not leave your home except for urgent medical care. If you must leave your home for urgent medical care, wear a mask, such as a surgical mask, if available. Call the healthcare provider before you go and tell them that you are quarantined due to COVID- 19 exposure. For the protection of others, you should use a personal car or call an ambulance to travel to your healthcare provider. Do not take public transportation, ride shares (e.g. Uber or Lyft), or taxis under any circumstance. 2. Wear a mask, such as a surgical mask, if available, if you must be in contact with other. people. If not available try to maintain a distance of six feet from others; when this is not possible, limit your time being closer to people to five minutes or less. 3. Do not have visitors in your home: 4. To the extent possible, stay six feet away from other people in your home. If absolutely necessary,have one person help you and do not have contact with other people in your home. Wear a mask, such as a surgical mask, if available.when in the same room as that person. If not available try to maintain,a distance of six feet from others; when this is not possible, limit your time being closer to people to five minutes or less. 3/11/20 1 .1 5. If possible, use a separate bedroom and bathroom. Do not share towels or bed sheets/blankets with other people in your home. Wash your laundry separately from the laundry of other people in your home. 6. Do not share eating or drinking utensils. Wash utensils normally in a dishwasher or by hand with warm water.and soap. 7. Cover your mouth and nose with a tissue when coughing or sneezing and throw tissues away in a lined waste container. Then wash your hands. 8. Wash your hands frequently using soap and water for at least 20 seconds each time you wash.If soap and water are not available, use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer that contains at least 60%alcohol. Anyone you come in contact with (including anyone in your home) should: 1. Wash their hands with soap and water for at least 20 seconds often. If soap and water are not available they should use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer that contains at least 60% alcohol. 2. Wear a mask, if available,when they are in close contact with you if you cannot wear a mask. They should be careful to only touch the parts of the mask that go around the ears or behind the head. Do not touch the front of the mask. They should wash their hands immediately after taking the mask off. If not available try to maintain a distance of six feet from others; when this is not possible, limit your time being closer to people to five minutes or less. 3. Wear disposable gloves if they have to have direct contact with your body fluids (saliva/spit, mucous, urine, feces, vomit) or handle your dirty laundry. Remove the gloves carefully without touching the outside of the gloves, throw the gloves away, and wash their hands with soap and water or an alcohol-based hand rub. Anyone you come in contact with (including anyone in your home) should remain aware of their health and watch themselves for: • a fever(temperature over 100.3 degrees).They should take their temperature in the morning and at night. o other symptoms such as a cough, difficulty breathing, shortness of breath, chills, stiff or sore muscles,headache, or diarrhea. If anyone you come in contact with has any of these symptoms, contact the local health department or the Massachusetts Department of Public Health at the phone numbers below. If they need to seek medical care,they should call their healthcare provider before they go and tell them that they may have been exposed to COVID-19. If they do not have any of the symptoms described above, they do not have to stay home and instead may continue with their normal activities. 3/11/20 2 III Other advice to keep your germs from spreading: 1. Your gloves, tissues,masks and other trash should be put in a bag,tied closed, and put with other household trash. 2. Your laundry may be done in a standard washing machine using warm water and detergent. Bleach may be used but is not needed. Do not shake out the dirty laundry and avoid having the dirty laundry touch anyone's skin or clothing. 3. Surfaces in the home that you touch or that become dirty with your body fluids (saliva/spit, mucous,urine, feces,vomit) should be cleaned and disinfected with a household disinfectant according to the label directions. Wear gloves while cleaning. 4. Your-bathroom should be cleaned every day using a household disinfectant according to the directions on the label. Wear gloves while cleaning. How long must you follow these instructions? You will need to remain quarantined for at least 14 days from the date of last exposure. A public health authority (MDPH or your local board of health)will be in contact with you daily and will tell you when you can stop quarantining yourself. They will regularly re-assess you and will determine if you still need to stay quarantined or if the risk of infection to others is low enough ..that you can leave your home. Questions? .Please call your healthcare provider, your local board of health or the Massachusetts Department of Public Health with any questions. 1. Your healthcare provider Name: Phone number: OR 2. Your local board of health(Town/City) Town or City: Contact Person: Phone number: OR 3. The Massachusetts Department of Public Health On-call Epidemiologist Phone: (617) 983-6800 (7 days per week/24 hours per day) Thank you for your active cooperation in keeping yourself, your family, and your community healthy and safe. Date provided to quarantined individual: Provided by(name): 3/11/20 3 AAA .-7, � Town of Barnstable. , : Public..Realth,Division* BARNSTASIE, . . MASS. 206Main Street,.Hyannis MA..02601 qj %639. ` ArFD MA'S� - Office: 508-862-4644. Thursday May 7, 2020 Ms. Amy.Peters, and . . . . fi Mr:: Andre Peters, and ' v Mr..lsiah Peters; and Mr. Terrell Peters, and . Mr: Richard Mendez Apartment.Unit 304D 767 Independence.Drive, Hyannis,. Ma .02601 EMERGENCY WRITTEN ORDER REQUIRING ISOLATION AND QUARANTINE This Order is.being issued to protect the public health and safety where there is a cluster of confirmed COVID-19 cases:within the Town of Barnstable. The reason for this order is due to the fact that you, the residents of Apartment-Unit 304D, 767 Independence Drive, Hyannis Massachusetts have tested positive for COVID-19. Pursuant to the authority,vested in the Barnstable Board of Health under Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 111; Section 95, and 105 CMR 300.00, and authority vested in the - Board of Health Agent under Massachusetts General Laws, Section.'111,Section 30,you are hereby Ordered as follows: 1) You are required to isolate by remaining inside Apartment Unit 304D, 767 : Independence Drive, Hyannis MA immediately and until May 21, 20120; 2) This.isolation Order requires that no one. may enter or leave this apartment unit except for health care personnel for urgent medical needs and testing a.nd except as set forth below in paragraph 3, 3) .All residents of Apartment Unit 304D, 767 Independence Drive,Hyannis MA are to. be confined to this Apartment Unit, shelter in place, and isolate from the general public; except for when the occupant(s) need medical.care or are undergoing testing.. at an off-site testing center as authorized by a physician, and except for when the occupant(s) conduct.Washing/drying of laundry-during the designated pre-approved laundry hours scheduled once per week onsite within this same apartment:building 4) You are required to comply forthwith with all of-the provisions contained in the document 1nforrnation and Guidance for. Persons in Isolation due to COVID-19 issued.by.th'e Commonwealth of Massachusetts.Executive Office of Health and Human Services, dated March 11, 2020, a copy of which is attached.hereto and incorporated by reference.as "Exhibit A. 5) You are required to comply forthwith with all of the provisionsycontained in the document Information and Guidarice for Persons in uararntine due to COVID 19 issued by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services, dated March 11, 2020, a copy of which is attached hereto and incorporated by reference as "Exhibit B." 6) You are required to comply with directives from the Town of Barnstable Director of Public Health and/or the Town of Barnstable Public Health Nurse. 7) You are required to observe each and every element.of this Order unless advised otherwise, in writing, by the Town of Barnstable Board of Health. The duration of the isolation and quarantine period shall be for fourteen days. However an emergency written isolation and quarantine order may be re-issued in the future if an additional quarantine time period is needed. This order is subject to change as this is a rapidly evolving situation and may be modified by the Board of Health or its duly authorized Agent. Should you be aggrieved by this order, you have a right to appeal pursuant to 105 CMR 300.210(F) by contacting the Director of Public Health Thomas A. McKean, at telephone (508) 862-4644. An individual or group subject to an order of isolation or quarantine may file a petition in Superior Court challenging the order at any time. Unless rescinded by order of the Department or local board of health or a court, the order for isolation or quarantine shall remain in force and effect until any appeal is finally determined. PER ORDER OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH Thomas A. McKean, R.S., .H.O. Director of Public Health and Board of Health Agent i . . The Commonwealth of Massachusetts ` Executive Office of Health and Human Services Department.of Public Health Bureau of Infectious Disease and Laboratory Sciences 305 South Street, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130 MARYLOU SUDDERS Secretary CHARLES D.BAKER Governor MONICA BHAREL,MD,MPH Commissioner KARYN E.POLITO Lieutenant Governor Information and Guidance for Tel:617-62"000 www.mass.gov/dph Persons in Isolation due to COVID-19 You are required to isolate (separate yourself) from other people because you have been diagnosed as a confirmed case of infection with 2019 Novel (new) Coronavirus(COVID-19) or because you had a high-risk exposure to COVID-19 and now have.symptoms. COVID-19 is caused by a virus. It is spread through respiratory secretions(mucous and droplets from coughs and sneezes from an infected person and can cause serious illness such as pneumonia(lung infection), and in some rare cases, death. You must remain in isolation until a public health authority (the Massachusetts Department of Public Health or your local Board of Health)tells you can leave your home. A public health authority will be in contact with you daily and will conduct another assessment 14 days after the date your infection is confirmed. A public health authority will confirm that you may leave your home once the risk of infecting others is determined to be low. During the isolation period, you may not have visitors in the location where you are isolating: If you must share living quarters with another person, then that person will be subject to quarantine. If someone in your home is a young child,pregnant, immunocompromised,or has a chronic heart,liver,lung, or kidney condition, or is over 65 years of age, that person is at particular risk if they have contact with you during isolation. If anyone you have contact with fits this description,please discuss this with your local board of health or the Massachusetts Department of public health so that steps may be taken to.protect these individuals. Your local Board of Health and the Massachusetts Department of Public Health will work with you to identify anybody, including household members, who are considered to have been exposed and will make required quarantine recommendations. This information sheet provides you with information about what to do and not to do while you are in isolation. If you have questions after reading this, you can call your local Board of Health, or the Massachusetts Department of Public Health which is available 24/7 at 617-983-'6800. 3/11/20 1 / While you are in isolation you should follow these instructions: 1. Do not leave your home except for urgent medical care. If you must leave your home for urgent medical care, wear a mask, such as a surgical mask, if available. If not available try to maintain a distance of six feet from others; when this is not possible, limit your time being closer to people to five minutes or less. Call the healthcare provider before you go and tell them that you have COVID-19 infection. For the protection of others, you should use a personal car or call an ambulance to travel to your healthcare provider. Do not take public transportation,ride shares (e.g. Uber or Lyft), or taxis under any circumstance. 2. Wear a mask, such as a surgical mask, if available if you must be in contact with another person. If not available try to maintain a distance of six feet from others; when this is not possible, limit your time being closer to people to five minutes or less. 3. Do not have visitors in your home. 4. If possible, other people should not be living in your home while you are in isolation there. 5. Do not share a bedroom or bathroom with anyone else. 6. Do not share towels or bed sheets/blankets with other people. 7. Wash your laundry separately from the laundry of other people. 8. Do not share eating or drinking utensils with other people. Wash utensils normally in a dishwasher or by hand with warm water and soap. 9. Cover your mouth and nose when coughing or sneezing and throw tissues away in a lined waste container. Then wash your hands. 10. Wash your hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds. If soap and water are not available use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer that contains at least 60% alcohol. Anyone you have to come in contact with in your household should: 1. Remain aware of their health and watch themselves for: a. A fever(temperature over 100.3 degrees). They should take their temperature in the morning and at night. b. Other symptoms such as a cough, difficulty breathing,shortness of breath, chills, stiff or sore muscles, headache, or diarrhea. 2. Wash hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds.If soap and water are not available they should use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer that contains at least 60% alcohol. 3. Wear a mask, such as a surgical mask, if available, when.they are in close contact with you if you cannot wear a mask. If not available try to maintain a distance of six feet from others; when this is not possible, limit your time being closer.to people to five minutes or less. They should be careful to only touch the parts of the mask that go around the ears or behind the head. Do not touch the front of the mask. They should wash their hands immediately with soap and water after taking the mask off. 4. Wear disposable gloves if they need to have direct contact with your body fluids (saliva/spit,mucous, urine,feces, vomit) or handle your dirty laundry. Remove the gloves carefully without touching the outside of the gloves, throw the gloves away, and wash their hands with soap and water or an alcohol-based hand rub. 3/11/20 2 r If anyone in your household develops any of these symptoms, contact the local health department or the Massachusetts Department of Public Health at the phone numbers below. If they need to seek medical care, they should call their healthcare provider before they go and tell them they may have been exposed to COVID-19. Other advice to keep your germs from spreading: 1. Your gloves, tissues,masks,and other trash should be put in a bag,tied closed, and put with other household trash. 2. Your laundry may be done in a standard washing machine using warm water and detergent. Bleach may be used but is not needed. Do not shake out the dirty laundry and avoid having the dirty laundry touch anyone's skin or clothing. 3. Surfaces in the home that you touch or that become dirty with your body fluids (saliva/spit, mucous,urine, feces, vomit) should be cleaned and disinfected with a household disinfectant according to the directions on the label. Wear gloves when cleaning. 4. Your bathroom should be cleaned every day using a household disinfectant according to the directions on the label. Wear gloves when cleaning. How long should you follow these instructions? You will need to remain isolated for as long as it is possible for you to spread the infection to others. A public health authority(MDPH or your local board of health) will be in contact with you daily and,will tell you when you can stop isolating yourself. They will regularly re-assess you and will determine if you need to stay isolated or if the risk of infection to others is low enough that you can stop staying in isolation. Questions? Please call your healthcare provider, your local board of health or the Massachusetts Department of Public Health with any questions. 1. Your healthcare provider Name: Phone number: OR 2. Your local board of health(Town/City) Town or City: Contact Person: Phone number: OR 3. The Massachusetts Department of Public Health, On-call Epidemiologist Phone: (617) 983-6800 (7 days per week/24 hours per day) 3/11/20 3 The Commonwealth of Massachusetts ` Executive Office of Health and Human Services Department of Public Health Bureau of Infectious Disease and Laboratory Sciences 305 South Street, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130 MARYLOU SUDDERS Information and Guidance for Persons Secretary CHARL GovernorBAKER MONICA BHAREL,MD,MPH in Quarantine due to COVID-19 Commissioner KARYN E.POLITO Lieutenant Governor Tel:617-624-6000 www.mass.gov/dph You are required to quarantine (separate yourself) from other people because you have been exposed to the 2019 Novel (New)Coronavirus (COVID-19). If you have COVID-19,you could spread it to people around you and make them sick. COVID-19 is caused by a virus. It is spread through respiratory secretions (mucous and droplets from coughs and sneezes) from an infected person and can cause serious illness such as pneumonia(lung infection), and in some rare cases, death. This information sheet provides you with information about what to do and not to do while you are in quarantine. If you have questions after reading this,you can call your local Board of Health, or the Massachusetts Department of Public Health which is available 24/7 at 617-983- 6800. During your quarantine period, you should not have visitors in your home. The other people who live in your home can continue to do their normal activities as long as they are not in contact with you, as described further below, and not also under quarantine. If you test positive for COVID-19 and someone comes into contact with you that person might also then need to be quarantined. While you are in quarantine you should follow these instructions: 1. Do not leave your home except for urgent medical care. If you must leave your home for urgent medical care, wear a mask, such as a surgical mask, if available. Call the healthcare provider before you go and tell them that you are quarantined due to COVID- 19 exposure. For the protection of others, you should use a personal car or call an ambulance to travel to your healthcare provider. Do not take public transportation, ride shares (e.g. Uber or Lyft),or taxis under any circumstance. 2. Wear a mask, such as a surgical mask, if available, if you must be in contact with other people. If not available try to maintain a distance of six feet from others; when this is not possible, limit your time being closer to people to five minutes or less. 3. Do not have visitors in your home. 4. To the extent possible, stay six feet away from other people in your home. If absolutely necessary, have one person help you and do not have contact with other people in your home. Wear a mask, such as a surgical mask, if available when in the same room as that person. If not available try to maintain a distance of six feet from others; when this is not possible, limit your time being closer to people to five minutes or less. 3/11/20 1 41 5. If possible, use a separate bedroom and bathroom. Do not share towels or bed sheetsiblankets with other people in your home. Wash your laundry separately from the laundry of other people in your home. 6. Do not share eating or drinking utensils. Wash utensils normally in a dishwasher or by hand with warm water and soap. 7. Cover your mouth and nose with a tissue when coughing or sneezing and throw tissues . away in a lined waste container. Then wash your hands. 8. Wash your hands frequently using soap and water for at least 20 seconds each time you wash. If soap and water are not available, use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer that contains at least 60%alcohol. Anyone you come in contact with (including anyone in your home) should: 1. Wash their hands with soap and water for at least 20 seconds often. If soap and water are not available they should use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer that contains at least 60% alcohol. 2. Wear a mask, if available, when they are in close contact with you if you cannot wear a mask. They should be careful to only touch the parts of the mask that go around the ears or behind the head. Do not touch the front of the mask. They should wash their hands immediately after taking the mask off. If not available try to maintain a distance of six feet from others; when this is not possible, limit your time being closer to people to five minutes or less. 3. Wear disposable gloves if they have to have direct contact with your body fluids (saliva/spit, mucous, urine, feces, vomit) or handle your dirty laundry. Remove the gloves carefully without touching the outside of the gloves, throw the gloves away, and wash their hands with soap and water or an alcohol-based hand rub. Anyone you come in contact with (including anyone in your home) should remain aware of their health and watch themselves for: e a fever(temperature over 100.3 degrees).They should take their temperature in the morning and at night. • other symptoms such as a cough,difficulty breathing, shortness of breath,chills, stiff or sore muscles, headache, or diarrhea. If anyone you come in contact with has any of these symptoms, contact the local health department or the Massachusetts Department of Public Health at the phone numbers below. If they need to seek medical care, they should call their healthcare provider before they go and tell them that they may have been exposed to COVID-19. If they do not have any of the symptoms described above, they do not have to stay home and instead may continue with their normal activities. 3/11/20 2 ,r. ' Other advice to keep your germs from spreading: 1. Your gloves, tissues,masks and other trash should be put in a bag,tied closed, and put with other household trash. 2. Your laundry may be done in a standard washing machine using warm water and detergent. Bleach may be used but is not needed. Do not shake out the dirty laundry and avoid having the dirty laundry touch anyone's skin or clothing. 3. Surfaces in the home that you touch or that become dirty with your body fluids (saliva/spit,mucous,urine, feces, vomit) should be cleaned and disinfected with a household disinfectant according to the label directions. Wear gloves while cleaning. 4. Your bathroom should be cleaned every day using a household disinfectant according to the directions on the label. Wear gloves while cleaning. How long must you follow these instructions? You will need to remain quarantined for at least 14 days from the date of last exposure. A public health authority (MDPH or your local board of health)will be in contact with you daily and will tell you when you can stop quarantining yourself. They will regularly re-assess you and will determine if you still need to stay quarantined or if the risk of infection to others is low enough that you can leave your home. Questions? Please call your healthcare provider, your local board of health or the Massachusetts Department of Public Health with any questions. 1. Your healthcare provider Name: Phone number: OR 2. Your local board of health(Town/City) Town or City: Contact Person: Phone number: OR 3. The Massachusetts Department of Public Health On-call.Epidemiologist Phone: (617) 983-6800 (7 days per week/24 hours per day) Thank you for your active cooperation in keeping yourself, your family, and your community healthy and safe. Date provided to quarantined individual: Provided by (name): 3/11/20 3