Latest COVID Guidance from CUNY

Ken Ihrer

CUNY Quarantine guidelines following exposure to COVID-19. When to stay home.
If you were exposed, quarantine and stay away from others when you have been in close contact with someone who has COVID-19.
Calculating Quarantine: The date of your exposure is considered day 0. Day 1 is the first full day after your last contact with a person who has had COVID-19. Stay home and away from other people for at least 5 days.

For those who have:

  • Completed the primary series of Pfizer vaccine over 5 months ago or Moderna vaccine over 5months ago and are not boosted, OR
  • Completed the primary series of J&J over 2 months ago and are not boosted, OR
  • Are unvaccinated

Stay home and quarantine for at least 5 days.

  • Wear a well-fitted mask if you must be around others in your home.
  • Get tested. Even if you don’t develop symptoms, get tested on day 6 after you last had close contact with someone with COVID-19
  • If you have symptoms, you cannot get tested until symptoms are resolved.
  • You must share test with CUNY campus to gain access to campus

After quarantine

  • Watch for symptoms until 10 days after you last had close contact with someone with COVID-19.
  • If you develop symptoms isolate immediately and get tested. Continue to stay home until you know the results
  • Wear a well-fitted mask around others.

Take precautions until day 10

  • Watch for symptoms for 10 days
  • Wear a well-fitting mask for 10 full days any time you are around others inside your home or in public. Do not go to places where you are unable to wear a mask.
  • Avoid travel
  • Avoid being around people who are at high risk.

For those who have:

  • Have received a booster, OR
  • Completed the primary series of Pfizer vaccine within the last 5 months or Moderna vaccine within the last 5 months, OR
  • Completed the primary series of J&J vaccine within the last 2 months, OR

No quarantine

  • You do not need to stay home unless you develop symptoms.
  • Get tested (even if you don’t develop symptoms) get tested on day 6 after you last had close contact with someone with COVID-19.

Watch for symptoms

  • Watch for symptoms until 10 days after you last had close contact with someone with COVID-19
  • If you develop symptoms isolate immediately and get tested. Continue to stay home until you know the results
  • Wear a well-fitted mask around others.

For those who have:

  • Been exposed to COVID-19 and had confirmed COVID-19 within the past 90 days (you tested positive using a viral test)

No quarantine

  • You do not need to stay home unless you develop symptoms.

Watch for symptoms

  • Watch for symptoms until 10 days after you last had close contact with someone with COVID-19
  • If you develop symptoms isolate immediately and get tested. Stay home until you know the results and wear a well-fitted mask around others.
  • Consult your doctor.

 

CUNY Isolation guidelines if you are sick or test positive. When to stay home.
Isolate when you are sick or when you have COVID-19, even if you don’t have symptoms
Calculating Isolation: Day 0 is your first day of symptoms or a positive viral test. Day 1 is the first full day after symptoms developed or your test specimen was collected. If you have COVID-19 or have symptoms, isolate for at least 5 days.

If you tested positive for COVID-19 or have symptoms, regardless of vaccination status

Stay home for at least 5 days

  • Stay home for at least 5 days and isolate from others in your home.
  • On day 6, get a PCR or Antigen test (we strongly recommend an Antigen test, if available).
  • Wear a well-fitted mask if you must be around others in your home.

Ending isolation and returning to CUNY if you had symptoms

  • End isolation after 5 full days if you are fever-free for 24 hours (without the use of fever-reducing medication) and your symptoms are improving.
  • On day 6, get a PCR or Antigen test (we strongly recommend an Antigen test, if available).
  • You must share test with CUNY to gain access to campus

Ending isolation if you did NOT have symptoms

  • End isolation after at least 5 full days after your positive test
  • On day 6, get a PCR or Antigen test ((we strongly recommend an Antigen test, if available)
  • You must share test with CUNY to gain access to campus

If you were severely ill with COVID-19

  • Isolate for at least 10 days. Consult with a doctor before ending isolation.

Take precautions until day 10

  • Wear a well-fitting mask for 10 full days any time you are around others inside your home or in public. Do not go to places where you are unable to wear a mask.
  • Avoid travel
  • Avoid being around people who are at high risk.

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