teacher.leeya

4 years

Convid 19: should I quarantine myself or can I go to work?

A staff that worked on the same floor as my husband is confirmed to be infected with convid 19 at least since 2 weeks ago and is only diagnosed 2 days ago. The whole department at my husband’s office were asked to go back and stay at home. They shall wait for the health office’s call for further check up.

So my question is, am I and my daughter need to quarantine as well? Since nor my husband, me or my daughter show any symptom. Except that my daughter cough a little since this morning.

Can I go to work? Or should I stay at home for few days?

Greetings!

Thank you for your question. Based on your complaint, since your husband’s colleague is confirmed with COVID-19, it is a protocol for the close contacts to be on home quarantine for 14 days. During this home quarantine, your husband should monitor his health and identify any development of symptoms. You and your daughter on the other hand can attend your work and school respectively per usual. You still need to practice proper preventive measures, nevertheless. According to a guideline for home quarantine published by Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC):

  • Your husband should be in a room by himself and avoid contact as much as possible from the rest of the household members.
  • He should also have an access to a bathroom for his own use only. Monitor your husband for development of any symptoms.
  • Prohibit unnecessary visits by people not living in your house.
  • Avoid contact with pets
  • Make sure that shared spaces has good ventilation
  • Maintain good hygiene like washing hands frequently and avoid touching eyes, mouth, nose with unwashed hands
  • Wear face mask when you are in the same room with your husband. Do not reuse the face mask.
  • Avoid sharing household items with your husband, wash his clothes separately and thoroughly.
  • Wipe surfaces with disinfectants.
  • Dispose all face mask, disposable gloves and other contaminated items in a lined container before disposing them with other household waste.

To monitor the risk for your husband or other family members, you may answer this brief quiz (Evaluate Your Corononavirus Risk). You can also monitor for development of symptoms like:

You may consult a MOH doctor by clicking Ask Doctor at the Ministry of Health website (COVID-19 Portal) to ask any health issues related to COVID-19 starting from 8.30 am to 5.00 pm.

After 5.00 pm till 12.00 am, please direct your enquiries to our DoctorOnCall website at this link https://www.doctoroncall.com.my/tanya/.

Thank you for your question.

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