College students should get tested for COVID-19 before heading home for Thanksgiving and quarantine for 14 days, according to guidance issued by the Connecticut Department of Public Health.
The guidance, issued to colleges around the state, recommends students “quarantine away from their families for 14 days before mingling or socializing with family members in their home environment.” The quarantine can occur at college or upon arriving home.
It’s recommended students get tested for COVID at college before leaving “or immediately on arriving home” and then around the seventh day of quarantine. Even if tests are negative, they should complete the quarantine, the guidance states.
The recommendations come as the state continues to see a rise in COVID cases and an increased positivity rate. There were 659 people hospitalized due to COVID in Connecticut as of Friday, with the state’s seven-day rolling average showing more than 1,200 new cases a day and a positivty rate over 4 percent.
The increased cases are being seen around the country, with more than 150,000 cases each of the last three days, according to The COVID Tracking Project.
“Students leaving from college to return home from the holidays are at risk of bringing COVID-19 infection home with them, especially if there is an outbreak at their school,” the DPH wrote in its guidance.
The University of Connecticut announced this weekend that it is requiring every student to take a PCR test for COVID-19 before leaving for Thanksgiving.
UConn is under a “modified quarantine,” meaning students may attend class in person, participate in clinical placement and conduct essential research. Five residence halls were placed under quarantine last...
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