Good morning Emmanuel Faculty and Staff,

During the time the students are not in the school building, I am still keeping track of COVID related matters. If you are being tested for COVID, have tested positive or made a probably positive for COVID and in isolation, or in quarantine due to exposure to COVID, please contact me directly via e-mail or by cell phone at 937-631-6292.

I work as a liaison between our students/families/staff and the health department, and in most instances, I am able to address COVID-related matters sooner than the health department due to their high volume of cases.

You are strongly encouraged to be tested if you show any signs or symptoms. I have included a list of signs and symptoms of COVID for your convenience. As always, please follow CDC and Ohio Department of Health guidelines and recommendations during this pandemic.

Symptoms include:

• Temperature ≥ 100

• Chills

• Rigors (sudden feeling of cold with shivering, accompanied by a rise in temperature with sweating)

• Sore throat

• Atypical cough for time of year

• Shortness of breath/difficulty breathing

• Muscle aches or myalgia (weakness and pain in a group of muscles)

• Loss or dulled sense of taste of smell

• Fatigue

• Headache

• Congestion for runny nose

• Wheezing

• Chest pain

• Nausea

• Vomiting

• Diarrhea (> 3 loose stools in a 24 hour period)

• Abdominal pain

This list of symptoms was obtained from the CDC.

Blessings,

Keri Faust, BSN, RN