Updated COVID-19 Guidance on Unvaccinated Close Contacts Outside of School

Criteria to return to school for student close contacts who are not fully vaccinated for COVID‑19, with a close contact outside of a TK-12 school setting (e.g. at home or after school)

If the child is a close contact but NO symptoms, that child can return after:

• A negative test, collected on or after day 5 of quarantine AND
• No symptoms after last close contact.
• If the child DOES NOT test, the close contact can return after no symptoms after 10 days following last close contact

If the child is a close contact WITH symptoms, that child can return after:

• 5 days after the last close contact AND a negative collected after symptoms began
• If not tested after symptoms began, the child can return after 10 days have passed since last close contact AND 10 days have passed since symptoms began AND symptoms are getting better AND no fever in the last 24 hours, without taking medicine for fever.

Please see the SFDPH website covering isolation and quarantine for more information.