The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) has updated its guidance for one-day outings including for holidays, such as Easter, Passover, and other celebrations. MDH has made the change to reflect what the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) now allows according to its guidance, updated March 29, for nursing homes and long-term care facilities on infection prevention and control recommendations. (See Interim Infection Prevention and Control Recommendations to Prevent SARS-CoV-2 Spread in Nursing Homes.) The key difference is that long-term care residents in both nursing homes and assisted living now have more options for visiting with loved ones. In most circumstances residents, regardless of their vaccination status, can leave the facility for less than 24 hours without having to quarantine when they come back, as long as they were not in close contact with someone who has COVID-19. The change is effective immediately and means that residents, in most circumstances, can go home for Easter or Passover celebrations without needing to worry about quarantining, if they go back to their facility later that day.
