What is considered a close contact of someone with COVID-19?
For COVID-19, a close contact is anyone who was within 6 feet of an infected person for a total of 15 minutes or more over a 24-hour period (for example, three individual 5-minute exposures for a total of 15 minutes).
What should I do if I have been exposed to someone with COVID-19?
Anyone who has had close contact with someone with COVID-19 should quarantine for 14 days after their last exposure to that person, except if they meet the following conditions:Someone who has been fully vaccinated and shows no symptoms of COVID-19 does not need to quarantine. However, fully vaccinated close contacts should:Wear a mask indoors in public for 14 days following exposure or until a negative test result.Get tested 5-7 days after close contact with someone with suspected or confirmed COVID-19.Get tested and isolate immediately if experiencing COVID-19 symptoms.
How long should I stay in quarantine after exposure to COVID-19?
Quarantine means staying home for 14 days after you are exposed to someone who has been diagnosed with COVID-19. This is because you can be infected with the virus that causes COVID-19 but may not show symptoms for up to 14 days. Even though you may not show symptoms, you can still spread the virus.
Am I considered a close contact for COVID-19 if I was wearing a mask?
A person is still considered a close contact even if they were wearing a mask while they were around someone with COVID-19. You can call, text, or email your contacts. By letting your close contacts know they may have been exposed to COVID-19, you are helping to protect everyone.
Should I be tested if I have been in close contact with someone who has COVID-19?
If you have been in close contact with someone who has COVID-19, you should be tested, even if you do not have symptoms of COVID-19. The health department may be able to provide resources for testing in your area.
Should I quarantine if I had been in contact with someone with COVID-19?
Anyone who has had close contact with someone with COVID-19 should stay home for 14 days after their last exposure to that person.
How can you prevent the spread of COVID-19?
See full answerDSHS recommends these everyday actions to help prevent the spread of any respiratory virus, including COVID‑19:Consider wearing a mask. Vaccinated or not, wearing a mask in indoor public spaces can help protect you and everyone close to you.Wash hands often for 20 seconds and encourage others to do the same. Use hand sanitizer with at least 60% alcohol if soap and water are unavailable.Cover coughs and sneezes with a tissue, then throw the tissue away.Avoid touching your eyes, nose, and mouth with unwashed hands.Disinfect surfaces, buttons, handles, knobs, and other places touched often.Stay six feet apart from others.Avoid close contact with people who are sick.Vaccination is the best tool we have to protect people and communities from COVID-19.
Who do masks protect from COVID-19: the wearer, others, or both?
See full answerWe’ve known for some time that masks help prevent people from spreading the coronavirus to others. Based on an analysis of existing information, a new study contends that masks may also protect mask wearers from becoming infected themselves.Different masks, writes the study author, block viral particles to varying degrees. If masks lead to lower “doses” of virus being inhaled, then fewer people may become infected, and those who do may have milder illness.Researchers in China experimented with hamsters to test the effect of masks. They put healthy hamsters and hamsters infected with SARS-CoV-2 (the COVID-19 coronavirus) in a cage, and separated some of the healthy and infected hamsters with a barrier made of surgical masks. Many of the “masked” healthy hamsters did not get infected, and those who did got less sick than previously healthy “maskless” hamsters.
When does the Tennessee TMSP go into effect?
New Tennessee’s general industrial stormwater discharge permit is known as the Tennessee Multi Sector Permit (TMSP) became effective on July 20, 2020, for a period of two years. Tennessee’s 2015 TMSP reflected the 2015 federal Multi Sector General Permit (MSGP), which expired on June 4, 2020.
Where can I apply for a no exposure permit?
Industries that have no industrial materials and activities exposed to stormwater can submit a no exposure certification form (see below) in lieu of an NPDES permit. For information regarding stormwater discharges associated with stream alterations and construction activities, contact the Division of Water Resources.
When to apply for a stormwater permit in Tennessee?
A completed Notice of Intent (NOI) for the Tennessee Stormwater Multi-Sector General Permit (TSMP) to Discharge Stormwater Associated with Industrial Activity must be submitted at least five (5) days prior to beginning industrial activity at the site.
When does the 2020 MSGP come out for Tennessee?
EPA has proposed a 2020 MSGP that is fundamentally different from the previous permit and from Tennessee’s 2015 TMSP. The comment period for the federal MSGP ended June 1, 2020, and the final permit is not anticipated until November 12, 2020.