{"id":"MET-PDX-041","kind":"order","level":"county","jurisdiction":"Clark County, Washington","state":"OR","metro":"PDX","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Clark County Public Health (Dr. Alan Melnick, health officer and director)","authority":"RCW 70.05.070; WAC 246-100-036 and -040 (local health officer isolation and quarantine); Washington DOH guidance","instrument":"Modification of the County\u0027s COVID-19 case-investigation response (Nov. 17, 2020): every positive case instructed to isolate at home until no longer contagious (10 days; fever-free 24 hours); close contacts to quarantine 14 days and not go to work, school, child care or church; priority-location exposure management (schools, long-term care, jail, food processing)","title":"Public Health modifying COVID-19 response due to surge in cases","dateIssued":"2020-11-17","effective":"2020-11-17","end":"Quarantine options shortened Dec. 9, 2020 (MET-PDX-042); isolation instructions continued through 2021 under DOH guidance (end not in this set)","startDate":"2020-11-17","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["QUAR","HC"],"addressees":["every person testing positive in Clark County","close contacts","priority locations: schools, long-term care facilities, the jail, food processing facilities"],"clause":"Public Health will continue to interview everyone who tests positive for COVID-19... Cases will be provided with instructions on how to isolate until they are no longer contagious and will receive daily text messages during their isolation period through a secure system called Sara Alert.... Everyone who tests positive for COVID-19 will be instructed to isolate at home until they are no longer contagious. Those who test positive and have symptoms of COVID-19 can end isolation when: they\u0027ve been fever-free for at least 24 hours without using fever-reducing medicine AND other symptoms are improving AND at least 10 days have passed since symptoms began.... Close contacts should quarantine at home for 14 days from the last day they were in close contact with the sick person. They should not go to work, school, child care or church, or participate in other social or community activities during quarantine.","enforcement":"Local health officer isolation and quarantine authority (RCW 70.05.070; WAC 246-100-036); the release states instructions, not penalties","functions":["WF workforce (isolation 10 days; quarantine 14 days for every close contact)","PK food-processing facilities as priority locations","IN schools and child care","RS long-term care","WS church attendance barred during quarantine"],"notes":"Records the County\u0027s isolation and quarantine instructions during the fall 2020 surge (277 new cases on Nov. 17; more than 100 per day). Under Washington law the local health officer\u0027s isolation and quarantine directives are enforceable (WAC 246-100-036, -040); the release is phrased as instructions and guidance.","sourceUrl":"","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":418584,"grade":"secondary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MET-PDX","url":"/library/MET-PDX-041","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MET-PDX-041","citation":"Clark County Public Health (Dr. Alan Melnick, health officer and director), Modification of the County\u0027s COVID-19 case-investigation response (Nov. 17, 2020): every positive case instructed to isolate at home until no longer contagious (10 days; fever-free 24 hours); close contacts to quarantine 14 days and not go to work, school, child care or church; priority-location exposure management (schools, long-term care, jail, food processing) (Ex. MET-PDX-041)","stateName":"Oregon","related":["MET-PDX-042"]}