Health and safety protocols Influenza and Influenza-like illness (ILI)
Health and safety protocols for Respiratory illnesses such as COVID, Influenza, RSV, and Influenza-like illness (ILI)
Any individual with a temperature of 100.4 degrees or higher (without other symptoms) must be excluded from school until he/she has had no fever for 24 hours without using fever-reducing medication.
COVID
Department of Public Health School Exclusion
The SC Department of Public Health's guidelines for Respiratory Illnesses such as COVID, Influenza, and RSV have been updated.
You should stay home from school/ work until you are fever-free for 24 hours without the use of fever-reducing medications such as Tylenol or Motrin.
Once you are fever-free for 24 hours, you may return to school/ work. Wearing a mask is suggested for 5 days when you return but it is not required.
Exclusion for Fever
Exclude any individual with temperature 100.4°F or higher without other symptoms.
Outbreaks
Note: During outbreaks or under special circumstances, DPH may change the length of an exclusion period, and also apply the exclusion criteria to other students, children and staff who are not confirmed by laboratory testing but who display the same symptoms of illness as lab-confirmed cases.
Respiratory illness outbreak: 20% or more of students/staff within a shared setting of more than 5 individuals (i.e., a classroom, sports team, or other epidemiologically linked group) absent or sent home due to a respiratory illness within a 72-hour period.
