Updated New Jersey Dept. of Health Guidance for Upper Respiratory Illness
Exclusion and Preventing Transmission: Students and staff with symptoms* of a respiratory virus should
stay home and away from others until:
• The individual is fever free for 24 hours without fever reducing medication AND
• Symptoms are improving, which means the individual is no longer feeling ill and able to
participate comfortably in educational and other activities as they did before they were ill. Any
remaining symptoms, such as cough or runny nose are mild or infrequent.
Individuals can then return to normal activities, but they should take additional precautions for the next
five days when they are around other people indoors. These precautions include:
• Wearing a well-fitting mask
• Taking steps for cleaner air
• Practicing good hand hygiene and respiratory etiquette
• Physical distancing when around others
• Testing for respiratory viruses to determine next steps such as treatment.
o Using at-home COVID-19 tests for screening before being around persons at risk for
severe disease.
*Symptoms can include; fever, chills, fatigue, cough, runny nose, and headache, chest discomfort, chills,
cough, decrease in appetite, diarrhea, fatigue (tiredness), fever or feeling feverish, headache, muscle or
body aches, new loss of taste or smell, runny or stuffy nose, sneezing, sore throat, vomiting, weakness,
wheezing.
Nixon Elementary School
Email: dlynch@roxbury.org
Website: www.roxbury.org
Location: 275 Mt Arlington Blvd, Landing, NJ, USA
Phone: (973) 398-2564