Close contact definition

Close contact means being within six feet of a COVID-19 case for a cumulative total of 15 minutes or greater in any 24-hour period within or overlapping with the “high-risk exposure period” defined by this section. This definition applies regardless of the use of face coverings.
Close contact means having any of following interactions with someone with COVID-19 while they were contagious (they are contagious 48 hours before their symptoms began until at least 10 days after the start of symptoms). If the person with COVID-19 never had symptoms, they are contagious 48 hours before their COVID-19 test was collected until 10 days after they were tested.
Close contact means being at a distance of less than one metre for more than 15 minutes.)

Examples of Close contact in a sentence

  • Close contact with persons afflicted with diseases and lack of sanitation in workers camps may also pose health risks.

  • Close contact is defined as six (6) feet for a prolonged period of time.

  • Title I, Part D, Subpart 1: Close contact is maintained with the state agencies funded under Title I, Part D, Subpart 1 to provide guidance in ensuring that a support system for students making a transition to a regular program or other alternative education program operated by a LEA is in place.

  • Close contact is determined by an appropriate public health agency.

  • Close contact is maintained between the liaison and the child's worker.


More Definitions of Close contact

Close contact means living in the same household as a person who has tested positive for COVID-19, caring for a person who has tested positive for COVID-19, being within 6 feet of a person who has tested positive for COVID-19 for about 15 minutes (this includes riding in a vehicle with), or coming in direct contact with secretions (e.g., sharing utensils, being coughed on) from a person who has tested positive for COVID-19, while that person was symptomatic.
Close contact means a scenario where an individual (a) was within 6 feet of someone who was confirmed to have COVID-19 for at least 15 minutes; (b) provided care at home to a person who is sick with COVID-19; (c) had direct physical contact with a person confirmed to have COVID-19; (d) shared eating or drinking utensils with a person confirmed to have COVID-19; or (e) where a person confirmed to have COVID-19 sneezed, coughed, or somehow got respiratory droplets on the individual suspected of having been exposed.
Close contact means any person who has had face-to-face contact of any duration, or who has shared a closed space, with a confirmed case during the Relevant Period;
Close contact means a City contractor is within 6 feet of a City employee for a cumulative total of 15 minutes or more over a 24-hour period (for example, three individual 5-minute exposures for a total of 15 minutes).
Close contact means being within six feet of a COVID-19 case for a cumulative total of 15 minutes or greater in any 24-hour period within or overlapping with the “high-risk exposure period” defined by this section. This definition applies regardless of the use of face coverings. EXCEPTION: Employees have not had a close contact if they wore a respirator required by the employer and used in compliance with section 5144, whenever they were within six feet of the COVID-19 case during the high-risk exposure period.
Close contact means within two metres of another person for more than 15 minutes cumulatively in a day;
Close contact means being within six feet of a COVID-19 case for a cumulative total of 15 minutes or greater in any 24-hour period within or overlapping with the “infectious period” defined by this section, regardless of the use of face coverings, unless close contact is defined by regulation or order of the CDPH. If so, the CDPH definition shall apply.