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Symptoms of COVID-19
People with COVID-19 may have a wide range of symptoms —from mild to severe illness. Symptoms may appear 2–14 days after exposure to the virus.
COVID-19 symptoms may include any of the following:
- Fever (100.0° Fahrenheit or higher), chills or shaking chills
- Difficulty breathing or shortness of breath
- New loss of taste or smell
- Muscle aches or body aches
- Cough (not due to other known causes, such as a chronic cough)
- Sore throat, when in combination with other symptoms
- Nausea or vomiting, when in combination with other symptoms
- Headache, when in combination with other symptoms
- Fatigue, when in combination with other symptoms
- Nasal congestion or runny nose (not due to other known causes, such as allergies), in combination with other symptoms
This list does not include all possible symptoms.
What to do if you have COVID-19 symptoms
If you are at school when symptoms develop, you will be evaluated by the school nurse.
If you have symptoms at home, stay home.
Schools will no longer be testing in the health office.
Use a rapid antigen self-test kit to determine if your symptoms are related to COVID-19. If the test is negative and symptoms are mild, you may return to school as long as you have been fever-free for at least 24 hours without fever-reducing medication, and you are feeling well.
If you test positive, please notify the school nurse.
