COVID RESOURCE INFORMATION

IN ACCORDANCE WITH CDC GUIDELINES THE PYRAMID LAKE TRIBAL HEALTH CLINIC RECOMMENDS THE FOLLOWING… subject to change

​IF YOU ARE COVID-19 POSITIVE, HAVE HAD A POSSIBLE EXPOSURE, OR HAVE BEEN AROUND SOMEONE WHO IS COVID-19 YOU MUST QUARANTINE
 
IF YOU ARE FULLY VACCINATED:
  • YOU DO NOT HAVE TO QUARANTINE
  • YOU CAN GO TO WORK/SCHOOL
  • YOU DO HAVE TO GET TESTED 3-5 DAYS AFTER EXPOSURE (even if you do not have symptoms)
  • YOU DO HAVE TO WEAR A MASK AND SOCIAL DISTANCE FOR THE FULL 14 DAYS FROM LAST EXPOSURE
  • IF YOU DEVELOP SYMPTOMS, IMMEDIATELY QUARANTINE AND GET TESTED
  • IF YOU HAVE ONLY HAD ONE DOSE OF A 2 DOSE SERIES YOU ARE NOT FULLY VACCINATED
 
IF YOU ARE UNVACCINATED AND DO NOT WANT TO TEST:
  • YOU MUST QUARANTINE FOR 14 DAYS FROM THE LAST DAY OF EXPOSURE
 
IF YOU ARE UNVACCINATED AND WANT TO GET TESTED TO SHORTEN QUARANTINE TIME:
  • YOU MUST TEST BETWEEN DAYS 5 AND 7 AND YOUR TEST MUST BE NEGATIVE
  • IF RELEASED EARLY YOU MUST STILL WEAR A MASK AND SOCIAL DISTANCE FOR THE FULL 14 DAYS FROM THE DAY YOU BEGAN QUARANTINE
 
IF YOU ARE COVID POSITIVE WITH NO SYMPTOMS:
  • YOU MAY BE RELEASED AFTER 10 DAYS FROM THE FIRST DAY YOU HAD A POSITIVE TEST
  • IF RELEASED EARLY YOU MUST STILL WEAR A MASK AND SOCIAL DISTANCE FOR THE FULL 14 DAYS FROM THE DAY YOU BEGAN QUARANTINE
 
IF YOU ARE COVID POSITIVE WITH SYMPTOMS:
  • YOU MAY BE RELEASED 10 DAYS FROM THE FIRST DAY YOUR SYMPTOMS BEGAN AND
  • 24 HOURS WITH NO FEVER WITHOUT USING A FEVER-REDUCER AND
  • OTHER SYMPTOMS ARE IMPROVING
  • IF RELEASED EARLY YOU MUST STILL WEAR A MASK AND SOCIAL DISTANCE FOR THE FULL 14 DAYS FROM THE DAY YOU BEGAN QUARANTINE
 
IF YOU OR SOMEONE YOU LIVE WITH HAVE AN UNDERLYING HEALTH CONDITION THAT WEAKENS YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM OR YOU ARE SEVERELY ILL WITH COVID-19:
  • THESE RECOMMENDATIONS DO NOT APPLY TO YOU
  • DEPENDING ON YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES YOU MAY HAVE TO QUARANTINE UP TO 20 DAYS AND TEST NEGATIVE BEFORE YOU WILL BE CLEARED
 
UNDERLYING HEALTH CONDITONS:
  • LUNG DISEASE SUCH AS ASTHMA AND COPD
  • DIABETES
  • KIDNEY DISEASE
  • HEART CONDITIONS
  • OBESITY
  • PREGNANCY
  • SMOKING
  • CANCER PATIENTS/TRANSPLANT PATIENTS/CORTICOSTERIOD PATIENTS