- My child is sick – should I get them tested for COVID?
- How long should a covid positive child or adult isolate? (updated 12/27/2021)
- How long should someone who has been exposed to COVID isolate? (updated 12/27/2021)
- What should I do if my child is exposed to COVID?
- What counts as close contact? Is it different if both children are correctly wearing masks?
- What should schools do if there is a case of COVID in a K-12 classroom and unvaccinated children are exposed?
- What about if my child is fully vaccinated and exposed to COVID?
- What if my child is not yet (or cannot be) fully vaccinated and is exposed?
- Where are some other places that I can go to get my child tested for covid?
- Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta has reopened testing for any reason for age 6 months and up at their Satellite Blvd urgent care site (testing now done by CovidCareGA) and just outside the Emergency departments at Egleston, Hughes Spalding and Scottish Rite.
- Check here, here, or here. In certain scenarios, requesting a home test kit from Labcorp may be appropriate.
- What should I do if my child has tested positive for COVID?
- COVID Vaccine
- Should my child get the COVID vaccine?
- Is my child eligible for a booster shot?
- Can the covid vaccine be given with (or around the same time as) other vaccines, such as flu vaccine?
- Should a booster be given after a case of COVID? How soon can it be given?
- A booster provides broader, more-lasting protection than infection, and we recommend people get a booster dose on the typical schedule, including after having had a COVID infection. The booster can be given any time after acute symptoms of COVID have resolved, and at least 10 days after the start of the infection.
- My child has been completely immunized. What can they do now that they couldn’t do before?
- Will the vaccine affect my daughter’s fertility?
- Masks
- I’m breastfeeding now. What should I do if I get COVID? Is it OK to get the vaccine?