{"id":8853,"date":"2022-01-03T18:44:17","date_gmt":"2022-01-03T18:44:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/roanoke\/?p=8853"},"modified":"2024-07-22T15:18:19","modified_gmt":"2024-07-22T15:18:19","slug":"community-update-week-of-january-3rd-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/roanoke\/2022\/01\/03\/community-update-week-of-january-3rd-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Isolation and Quarantine? & Guidelines"},"content":{"rendered":"
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RCAHD Community Health Update
\n<\/span>A Roanoke City & Alleghany Health Districts publication<\/span><\/h1>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

The past two years have been a challenge for all of us, and even as we welcome a new year, the latest headlines reflect this stubbornly persistent pandemic. We continue to find ourselves in difficult times, as cases, hospitalizations, and even deaths rise locally, across Virginia, and around the world. We know that the increased burden of COVID has increased the demand for testing. We are actively working on increasing testing opportunities locally. Visit www.vdh.virginia.gov\/roanoke\/<\/a> for the latest updates.<\/p>\n

Despite these challenges, we know we are a resilient community. We have the tools to fight this disease. Thanks to the gift of vaccinations (and boosters), as well as masking indoors when in public, maintaining six feet of distance between ourselves and others outside our households, and handwashing- we know what to do.<\/p>\n

Isolation & Quarantine:
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You may have heard that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently updated isolation and quarantine guidelines. What do these guidelines mean for you?<\/p>\n

Isolation:<\/strong><\/span>
\nRegardless of vaccination status, if you test positive:<\/p>\n

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