PDPH Advisory - COVID-19 Update and Guidance
South Kensington Community Partners
March 19, 2020
The Philadelphia Department of Public Health has just released a Health Advisory regarding a status update for COVID-19 in Philadelphia as well as guidance on isolation and quarantine. It is available from https://hip.phila.gov, and as a PDF document. To read this attachment, you will need the Adobe Reader software, which can be downloaded at no cost from http://tinyurl.com/6ip.
If you have any questions or problems, please contact the Philadelphia Department of Public Health at publichealthpreparedness@phila.gov.
To report a disease or condition to the Philadelphia Department of Public Health, call 215-685-6748 during business hours (8:30AM to 5:00PM Monday-Friday). If the disease or condition requires immediate notification and it is after normal business hours, call 215-686-4514 and ask to speak with the contact for the Division of Disease Control.
Summary Points:
Community transmission of SARS-CoV-2 is being recognized in Philadelphia.
Duration of isolation for infected persons may be provisionally reduced to 7 days, as per details in this advisory.
Guidance to healthcare workers for self-monitoring and isolation/quarantine is provided.