COVID 19 Update

This is the current protocol direct from the UIL website for suspected COVID-19 cases.  If an athlete misses practice due symptoms that could possibly be COVID related, we must follow the guidelines before they walk into the building or onto the field.  They should email the documentation from the doctor to  jmcdonald@conroeisd.net.  No student should walk up with a note and hand a coach the note.  We need to make sure that this is taken care of prior to the workout.

In the case of an individual who was diagnosed with COVID-19, the individual may return to school when all three of the following criteria are met:

• at least three days (72 hours) have passed since recovery (resolution of fever without the use of fever-reducing medications);

• the individual has improvement in symptoms (e.g., cough, shortness of breath); and

• at least ten days have passed since symptoms first appeared.

In the case of an individual who has symptoms that could be COVID-19 and who is not evaluated by a medical professional or tested for COVID-19, such individual is assumed to have COVID-19, and the individual may not return to the campus until the individual has completed the same three-step set of criteria listed above.

If the individual has symptoms that could be COVID-19 and wants to return to school before completing the above stay at home period, the individual must either (a) obtain a medical professional’s note clearing the individual for return based on an alternative diagnosis or (b) receive two separate confirmations at least 24 hours apart that they are free of COVID via acute infection tests at an approved COVID-19 testing location found at https://tdem.texas.gov/covid-19/.

-Rachel Banes, Head Swim Coach