与疾病控制和预防中心(CDC)保持一致, 诺达威县卫生局和其他公共卫生机构, this webpage provides the Northwest community with broad information and answers to frequently asked questions related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
For other information specifically related to COVID-19 and its impacts on your health, visit the CDC's Respiratory Virus Guide.
Contact tracing is the process of identifying all close contacts of a COVID-19 patient and placing close contacts into quarantine. Individuals who test positive for COVID-19 or who are identified as a close contact will receive instructions from a health care official about the steps they need to take to prevent further spread of the virus.
符合目前疾病预防控制中心和州的建议, Northwest is not currently conducting case investigation or contact tracing for known positive cases. However, students at Northwest who test positive may still receive a call from the Nodaway County Health Department. The Nodaway County Health Department begins their case investigation upon learning an individual has tested positive for COVID-19. 这是与患者面谈以确定其症状和症状发作的过程, 可能发生接触的地点及其密切接触者.
A close contact is considered to be any individual who had a prolonged (at least 15 minutes) close contact (within 6 feet), or had physical contact (of any duration) with an individual who tested positive; a person may be considered a close contact regardless of whether either individual was wearing face coverings. A common misconception is that you should quarantine if you have been exposed to someone who is a close contact; that is not accurate. If you live with someone who is a contact, 但他们没有阳性测试或症状, you do not need to quarantine.
Yes. 联邦政府正在向每位美国公民提供四个免费的COVID-19检测包.S. residential address that requests them at www.covidtests.gov and at 800.232.0233 for people without internet access.
住在校内或校外的学生可以申请免费的测试包. 与他人共用宿舍地址的学生, apartment buildings or other group housing -- should each enter their unique room or apartment number, 和/或在订购表格或电话上注明街道地址的信件.
任何申请被拒绝的学生都应该拨打USPS客户服务电话800.275.8777以解决共用房屋地址的问题.
Northwest students and employees have a variety of options available to them for COVID-19 testing:
学生和员工可通过联系索取KN95口罩 acullin@liuyang1999.com.
Isolation is the term used for individuals who have tested positive for COVID-19 and who must stay home and avoid seeing any other people. Individuals who test positive are to isolate for a five day period that begins the day after symptom onset or the date of the positive test result. 在五天的时间过去之前，他们不得离开家或返回校园 and 他们没有发烧，其他症状也在改善.
Quarantine 该术语是否用于被确定为与阳性病例密切接触的个人. 疾病预防控制中心对密切接触者进行了两级分组:
有关其他CDC检疫和隔离指导，请访问 http://www.cdc.gov/respiratory-viruses/guidance/faq.html.
Individuals who develop symptoms consistent with COVID-19, should immediately isolate from others. To learn about COVID-19 symptoms, read Symptoms of Coronavirus.
有关其他CDC检疫和隔离指导，请访问 http://www.cdc.gov/respiratory-viruses/guidance/faq.html.
Close contact is considered to be an individual who had a prolonged (at least 15 minutes) close contact (within 6 feet) or had physical contact (of any duration) during the infectious period of an individual who tested positive for COVID-19 (the infectious period begins two days before the onset of symptoms and runs throughout that person's isolation period). A person may be considered a close contact regardless of whether either individual was wearing face coverings.
A common misconception is that you should quarantine if you have been exposed to someone who is a close contact; that is not accurate. If you live with someone who is a contact, 但他们没有阳性测试或症状, you do not need to quarantine.
有关其他CDC检疫和隔离指导，请访问 http://www.cdc.gov/respiratory-viruses/guidance/faq.html.
不，学生不必在测试结果为阴性后才返回教室. A student’s ability to return to a classroom will be guided by the Nodaway County Health Department, or another health agency, in alignment with CDC guidelines.
In general, 如果完成隔离期，个人可以返回教室, they are fever-free and their other symptoms are improving. Individuals who tested positive should continue to wear a mask around others for an additional five days after returning to normal activities.
有关其他CDC检疫和隔离指导，请访问 http://www.cdc.gov/respiratory-viruses/guidance/faq.html.
如果你知道你的室友被检测了COVID-19, 在测试结果出来之前，你们中的一个必须搬出去. 如果你们中的一个不能搬出去，避免共用卧室和浴室.
如果你室友的测试结果呈阳性, it is possible you are considered a close contact and may be contacted by Nodaway County Public Health or other health agency. If you are determined to be a contact, 这个机构会指导你下一步该怎么做.
如果没有联系您，则不需要额外的预防措施.
有关其他CDC检疫和隔离指导，请访问 http://www.cdc.gov/respiratory-viruses/guidance/faq.html.
Unless you have been identified as a direct close contact yourself, you do not need to quarantine. However, the roommate needs to quarantine, 这意味着他们不应该和任何人接触, including all roommates.
If your roommate tests positive themselves and you are deemed a close contact, you should quarantine. 公共卫生官员可能会与您联系以提供指导. 如果没有与您联系，则无需采取额外的预防措施.
有关其他CDC检疫和隔离指导，请访问 http://www.cdc.gov/respiratory-viruses/guidance/faq.html.
是的，无论你是否已经感染了COVID-19，你都应该接种疫苗. Studies have shown the vaccine and its boosters are 有效降低感染和传播导致COVID-19的病毒的风险. Learn more about 为什么接种疫苗是建立保护的一种更安全的方式 than getting infected.
有关其他CDC检疫和隔离指导，请访问 http://www.cdc.gov/respiratory-viruses/guidance/faq.html.
FDA-authorized COVID-19 vaccines help protect against variants while reducing the risk of COVID-19 and its potentially severe complications, including death.
All COVID-19 vaccines authorized for use in the United States have proven effective in clinical trials in helping protect people against COVID-19, including severe illness. Studies 证明了COVID-19疫苗在现实环境中的作用.
For more information, visit http://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/effectiveness/work.html.
有关其他CDC检疫和隔离指导，请访问 http://www.cdc.gov/respiratory-viruses/guidance/faq.html.
The links below are affiliated with state and federal health agencies and provide real-time updates, 与冠状病毒爆发有关的指南和其他资源.
学生和员工可以拨打660健康服务.562.1348号预约接种疫苗.
个人也可以拨打660给诺达威县卫生局打电话.562.2755或玛丽维尔马赛克医疗中心660.562.2525 to schedule an appointment.
当地药店有疫苗，建议打电话预约.
要在您附近找到COVID-19疫苗，请访问 http://www.vaccines.gov/
For additional information about the vaccine and answers to frequently asked questions provided by Mosaic Life Care, visit http://www.mymlc.com/General/coronavirus-covid-19.
