The New Hampshire Stay at Home Order and Distance Learning for Schools is in effect through the remainder of this school year.
We are flattening of the curve in New Hampshire, and we may begin to hear about plans to reopen some businesses. With the ongoing presence of COVID-19 in the community, and with the risk of symptomatic and pre-symptomatic transmission, it is essential that we continue to practice COVID-19 prevention measures.
Please continue to follow advisories from NH DHHS as follows:
Wear a nonmedical fabric face mask as an additional voluntary measure in public areas where social distancing is hard to maintain, such as in the grocery store or pharmacy. Here is the CDC recommendation on face masks as well instructions for placement & removal, and regular washing handling of cloth face masks.
The same hygiene measures apply: don’t touch your face when removing the mask, remove mask from the ear straps, and place it in a paper bag, wash hands, wash mask every time it is used.
Stay at Home except to shop for food and other essentials, or to go to work if you are an essential employee. Please help to protect those who are vulnerable and assist our healthcare workforce by practicing these important measures with your family.
Prevention in the home: If you need to shop or work, wear a fabric face mask, keep a distance of 6-8 feet from any person. Wash hands regularly, particularly when you come in from work or the grocery store.
Clean surfaces once or twice a day, no in-person social gatherings.
Self-Care is a priority as we continue to be separated as a community. It is essential that we keep our minds and bodies healthy as well as monitor those around us who may be struggling and need support. Please visit this brief video from NIMH for strategies on staying mentally healthy and resources for you and your loved ones if needed.
Short video on self care from NIMH
or visit some of the links provided below.
Self-Quarantine: If you are NOT showing signs of illness but have been exposed to a COVID-19 positive person, or a presumed positive infected person, stay at home for 14 days. Self-Quarantine if you have traveled to any of the high-risk areas domestically or internationally within the last two weeks. Contact your health provider to let them know your status.
Self-Isolation: If you think you have COVID-19 infection (you have symptoms), you should self- isolate at home. Most symptoms are mild and can spread out over a 2 week period. If symptoms worsen: increasing fever, cough and shortness of breath, call your health care provider immediately, or 911 if severe.
- Stay home
- Let your physician know you are ill and are self-isolating
- Keep away from other people in the house as much as possible, at least 6-8 feet apart
- Use a separate bathroom if possible. Disinfect surfaces touched such as doorknobs, light switches, railings, toilet handle.
- If possible, stay in a separate room from others.
- Continue to practice general hygiene measures such as covering cough and sneeze. Washing hands and using hand sanitizer.
People who have mild symptoms are not being tested, unless directed otherwise by their physician. Most people can be managed at home, much as you would be managed if you had the flu. Please visit: Caring for Yourself at Home, Preventing Spread of COVID at Home,
And Cleaning and Disinfection Guidance for tips on home management.
Instructions on when to discontinue self-isolation after being ill:
- Self-isolate until 7 days have passed since symptoms first appeared
AND
- At least 72 hours (3 days) have passed since recovery, which is defined as resolution of fever without the use of fever-reducing medication and improvement in respiratory symptoms.
Expect a time frame of about 2 weeks. CDC 7 Day/72 Hour Guide
For student absences from distance learning class, please “call in sick” by emailing Kathy Barth at Kathy.barth@crossroadsacademy.org. If you are willing, please share the symptoms that your child is experiencing. All health information is confidential and will not be shared.
