UPDATED QUARANTINE

AND ISOLATION
GUIDELINES
 ISOLATION AND QUARANTINE FOR
HEALTHCARE WORKERS

Shorten duration of isolation and quarantine of

FULLY VACCINATED healthcare workers in
consideration of their healthcare capacity following
CDC Interim guidelines for managing Healthcare
Personnel with SARS-CoV-2 Infection or Exposure
to SARS-CoV-2
ISOLATION VS QUARANTINE
• ISOLATION separates sick people with a contagious
disease from people who are not sick.
• QUARANTINE separates and restricts the movement of
people who were exposed to a contagious disease to see if
they become sick. These people may have been exposed to a
disease and do not know it, or they may have the disease but
do not show symptoms.
 Updated QUARANTINE PERIOD**
for asymptomatic Close Contact
**Quarantine is for those who have been exposed and can possibly develop infection.
  Existing Guideline Updated Guideline
General 7 days for fully vaccinated 5 days for fully vaccinated
Public 14 days for partially or 14 days for partially or unvaccinated
unvaccinated  
+Continued symptom monitoring
+Strict adherence to Minimum Public Health
Standards

Healthcare Up to 0 for fully vaccinated, based 5 days for fully vaccinated

Workers on assessment of hospital infection  
prevention and control committee. Up to 0 day for fully vaccinated with boosters
based on risk and benefit assessment of IPCC
 Updated ISOLATION PERIOD:
ASYMPTOMATIC, MILD CASE
    General Public Healthcare Worker
Probable Case Fully Vaccinated 7 days 7 days
(w/Symptoms) or from onset of From onset of
mild case symptoms symptoms
Partially Vaccinated 10 days 10 days
or Unvaccinated From onset of From onset of
symptoms symptoms
Asymptomatic Case Fully Vaccinated 7 days 7 days
From (+) test From (+) test
Partially Vaccinated 10 days 10 days
or Unvaccinated From (+) test From (+) test
Moderate Case Regardless of 10 days 10 days
vaccination status From onset of From onset of
symptoms symptoms
 Updated ISOLATION PERIOD: SEVERE, CRITICAL
CASES
    General Public Healthcare
workers
Severe and critical
Regardless of 21 days 21 days
case vaccination From onset of From onset of
status symptoms symptom
Immunocompromise Regardless of 21 days 21 days
d vaccination From onset of From onset of
  status symptoms with symptoms with
Autoimmune disease, HIV, repeat Rt-PCR repeat Rt-PCR
Cancer/ Malignancy,
Transplant Patient, Patient
with poor prognosis/ bed-
ridden patients