COVID-19 STUDENT INFORMATION

Iowa Lakes Community College is aware of the Omicron variant and carefully monitors the situation. The college will make decisions based on the best scientific information and data available.

To minimize COVID-19 exposures and cases on campus, Iowa Lakes is sharing the Iowa Department of Public Health’s COVID-19 guidance and best practices. With this guidance, Iowa Lakes Community College asks that all students adhere to the guidance and best practices provided below:

POSITIVE COVID-19 INDIVIDUALS:

The CDC has shortened the recommended time for isolation from ten days for people with COVID-19 to five days, if asymptomatic, followed by five days of wearing a mask when around others.

Individuals who test positive for COVID-19 are recommended to stay home until they are no longer infectious. 

Everyone, vaccinated and unvaccinated, should:

  • Stay home for five days.
  • If you have no symptoms or your symptoms are resolving after five days, you can leave your house. If you have a fever, stay home until your fever resolves.
  • Continue to wear a mask around others for an additional five days.

EXPOSED AND VACCINE BOOSTED INDIVIDUALS:

Those who have been exposed to COVID-19 may need to stay home and should mask and get tested.

If you:

  • Have been boosted, OR
  • Completed the primary series of Pfizer or Moderna vaccine within the last six months, OR
  • Completed the primary series of the J&J vaccine within the last two months:
    • Wear a mask around others for ten days.
    • Test on day five, if possible.
    • If you develop symptoms, get a test, and stay home.

If you:

  • Completed the primary series of Pfizer or Moderna vaccine over 6 months ago and are not boosted, OR
  • Completed the primary series of the J&J over two months ago and are not boosted, OR
  • Are unvaccinated:
    • Stay home for five days. After that continue to wear a mask around others for an additional five days.
    • Test on day five, if possible.
    • If you develop symptoms, get a test, and stay home.

If symptoms occur, individuals should immediately quarantine until a negative test confirms symptoms are not attributable to COVID-19.

NOTE: In all cases, individuals should continue to monitor for symptoms and are recommended to wear a mask when around others through Day 10 to minimize the risk of viral spread.

 COVID-19 CURRENT UPDATES

 

If you experience symptoms, test positive, and/or have been directly exposed to a COVID-19 positive individual, please contact Julie Williams or Delaine Hiney for further directions and determine your return to campus date.

Julie Williams
Executive Dean of Students
712-362-7912

Delaine Hiney
Executive Director of Facilities Management
712-362-0428