Public health managers in Indiana are cutting the coronavirus school quarantine in half.
The State Health Department says kids who test positive for COVID only have to miss five days of school, not 10.
Kids will have to wear a mask when they return to school.
If they don’t want to do that, they’ll have to stay home for the full ten-days.
The state is also changing the rules for close-contact cases.
In schools with mask mandates, kids who are close to someone who tests positive for the virus don’t have to quarantine.
Without mask requirements, only fully vaccinated kids can stay in the classroom.
