The Oneida County Health Department is no longer tracking cases of COVID-19, Oneida County Executive Anthony Picente Jr. said. announced Monday in a press release.
Positive test reporting will continue, the county said.
“The growing variant of Omicron has led to an impressive number of daily positive COVID-19 infections,” Picente said in a statement. “There is no way local health departments can keep up with the overwhelming volume, so from today we will no longer be contacting trace cases. Isolation and quarantine must now be self-sustaining. Positive infections will continue to be reported and we will still provide case investigation in some cases. »
The county said HIV-positive people should notify those with whom they were in close contact.
People who test positive for COVID-19 and those who know they have been in contact with a positive person should review the updated isolation and quarantine procedures in the COVID-19 section of ocgov.net, said the count.
Isolation is required for anyone who tests positive for COVID-19, regardless of their vaccination status. You can be released from isolation if you are asymptomatic after five days.
Once isolation or quarantine protocols have been completed, individuals can obtain self-attestation documents from the COVID-19 section of ocgov.net.
Ed Harris is the Oneida County reporter for the Observer-Dispatch. Email Ed Harris at EHarris1@gannett.com.
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