School Heath
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COVID-19 Information and Resources for Parents (Updated)
The Florida Department of Health (FDOH):
- Daily COVID-19 Vaccine Summary. CLICK HERE
- COVID-19 cases in Florida K-12 Schools, Colleges and Universities, go to
http://ww11.doh.state.fl.us/comm/_partners/covid19_report_archive/school-reports/schools_latest.pdf.
FAQs are available HERE.
- COVID-19 Pediatric Florida Residents Data – floridahealthcovid19.gov, then scroll down to Pediatric Report of Florida.
- COVID-19 Call Center available 24/7: (866) 779-6121
- Florida Department of Health (FDOH) email: COVID-19@flhealth.gov
- FDOH COVID-19 website at www.floridahealth.gov/covid19
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) resources:
- Homepage and index: COVID-19 Homepage
- Vaccine information: COVID-19 vaccine information
- Guidance: COVID-19 Guidance Documents
- Hotline (available 24/7): 800-232-4636
The CDC and FEMA joint website has updates for all Americans, including COVID-19 vaccination information, tools, and resources to help protect your health and current facts, figures, and guidance. Visit: Coronavirus.gov
For the federal government’s top COVID-19 websites, go to https://www.usa.gov/coronavirus
Covid-19 Symptoms Information
COVID-19 Response Guidance for Polk County Public Schools
A nurse will evaluate the student for symptoms that are consistent with COVID – 19. These are:
- Temperature 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit or higher by mouth, or 100.0 degrees Fahrenheit or higher by a no-touch thermometer
- Sore throat
- Chills (with or without fever)
- Nausea or vomiting or diarrhea or abdominal pain
- New uncontrolled cough that causes difficulty breathing (for students with chronic allergic/asthmatic cough, a change in their cough from baseline)
- New onset of severe headache, especially with fever.
- Fatigue
- Muscle or body aches
- New loss of taste or smell
- Congestion