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West Michigan schools no longer have to quarantine students identified as close COVID-19 contacts
Updated May 07, 2021;
Posted May 07, 2021
Desks are set up within social distancing and COVID-19 protocols Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021 at McMonagle Elementary School in Mt. Morris Township. (Jake May | MLive.com)Jake May | MLive.com
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GRAND RAPIDS, MI - West Michigan health officials will no longer require K-12 schools to quarantine students if they are identified as “close contacts” to positive COVID-19 cases.
This is a huge change to regulations superintendents say have disrupted in-person learning for thousands of students throughout the school year.
A joint statement from the Kent, Muskegon, Ottawa and Ionia county health departments on Friday, May 7, announced the health departments will no longer issue countywide orders requiring schools to comply with state quarantine guidelines.
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and last updated 2021-05-07 22:19:06-04
MICHIGAN â Local health departments will no longer require area school districts to enforce the stateâs COVID-19 quarantine guidelines, which says students in close contact to a person with COVID-19 must stay home.
Health officials in Kent, Ottawa, Muskegon, and Ionia counties still do recommend districts use the Michigan Department of Health and Human Servicesâ guidelines, although they listed declining COVID-19 metrics and increased access to vaccinations as reasons why they will not issue an order requiring districts to comply with them.