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What if a school reaches 5% absent with ILI and then absences due to ILI decrease for a few days but are back up to 5% a week later?

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What if a school reaches 5% absent with ILI and then absences due to ILI decrease for a few days but are back up to 5% a week later?

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A general guideline for schools should be to wait until absences due to ILI have decreased to usual numbers for a few weeks before reporting again. If you numbers fluctuate a bit from day-to-day, we do not consider those as separate outbreaks.