As the school year continues, the Guthrie County Health Department wants to keep reminding parents to keep their sick students home. 

Heath Director Jotham Arber explains they have not changed their policy on how schools should treat sick students. Arber says that if a student is sick they need to stay home and get tested for sickness through their doctor or a school nurse. He encourages people to use the walk in clinics in the county or just go to their primary doctor. 

“For students to return back to class. We’re just asking that students that are sick stay at home. And then students that, like I said, have been exposed or that are sick and have had viral exposure. They should go see their doctor.” 

Arber also recommends that students test positive with COVID-19 to be quarantined for five days and after the five days of quarantine they encourage that student to wear a mask for an additional five days. He adds they do not recommend those who have a close contact or been exposed to quarantine.