Based on the updated MDH guidelines, students and staff may reduce their quarantine time from 14 days to 7 or 10 days in certain circumstances. 

Please note: our Health Services staff does not work on Saturdays and Sundays so any requests submitted after office hours on Friday will not be reviewed until Monday.

Click here to submit a request for a shortened quarantine. 

Return from Quarantine Options

7-day Quarantine Request Details

*COVID-19 positive person cannot live in the home for shortened quarantine.

You may consider being around others after seven days only if:

• You get tested for COVID-19 at least five full days after you had close contact with someone with COVID-19, and the test is negative. Refer to the Quarantine Dates Table here.
  • You must get a negative molecular test, not an antigen test or antibody/blood test. Learn more about the differences at Types of COVID-19 Tests.
  • All tests offered at the state's community testing sites are PCR tests. Visit COVID-19 Community Testing Sites to make an appointment.
  • If being tested by healthcare provider, make sure to tell them you need a molecular test.
  • Test needs to be done after five full days after last contact with positive person (last contact day considered day zero). See image below related to timelines.
  • PLUS all of the items from the 10 day quarantine guidance.

10-day Quarantine Request Details

Student may return to in-person learning and activity participation after finishing 10 full days of quarantine. Refer to the Quarantine Dates Table here. 

The 10-day quarantine guidance applies to situations where there has been:

• a one-time exposure
• the person exposed does not have symptoms of COVID-19
• the person has not tested positive for COVID-19
  
  

Even after a 10-day quarantine, the person must:

• Watch for symptoms through day 14.
• If symptoms begin, stay home, separate from others and get tested right away. All household contacts should stay home as well.
• Continue to wear a mask and social distance.

14-day Quarantine Request Details

14-day quarantines are still required when someone in your household has symptoms of or has tested positive for COVID-19, as the risk for infecting others is higher within the same household.

Student may return to in-person learning and activity participation after finishing 14 full days of quarantine. Refer to the Quarantine Dates Table here.

Who Does Not Need to Quarantine

If you have recovered from COVID-19 in the past 90 days and have close contact with someone with COVID-19, you do not need to quarantine if ALL of the following are true:

• Your illness was confirmed with a positive lab test in the past 90 days.
• You have fully recovered.
• You do not currently have any symptoms of COVID-19.
  
  

If someone has completed COVID-19 vaccination (two doses in a two dose series or one dose in a one-dose series) and is exposed, they do not need to quarantine if ALL of the following are true:

• The COVID-19 exposure was at least 14 days after their vaccination series was fully completed.
• They do not currently have any symptoms of COVID-19.
  
  

Even after a person has recovered from COVID-19 or is fully vaccinated they should still continue to stay distanced, wear a mask that fits well, wash their hands often, and follow other precautions. Do not visit people who have had close contact to someone with COVID-19 and are in quarantine.