COVID-19 Vaccine Information, Benefits, and How it Works

COVID-19 Vaccines Have Arrived: What You Need to Know

10 things you should know about vaccine development

Find out the 10 things you need to know about how vaccines are developed.

Get even more information on COVID-19 and related resources on the State of Michigan’s Website.

“We want all Michiganders to get the facts about this safe and effective vaccine and the steps that were taken to develop it,” said Dr. Joneigh Khaldun, chief medical executive and chief deputy for health. “I am grateful and proud to have gotten both doses of my vaccine and I urge Michiganders to make and plan and get vaccinated when it is their turn. This is the way forward out of the pandemic and our chance to return to a sense of normalcy.”

COVID-19 Guidance: Know the Facts

Isolation vs Quarantine: What’s the Difference?

What is ISOLATION?

At least 10 days of staying home
and away from others
WHEN YOU’RE POSITIVE FOR COVID-19

  • Stay home except for medical care.
  • Isolate yourself from others in your household if possible (it impacts their quarantine time)
  • Notify your healthcare provider ASAP (they don’t always received test results).
  • Let your employer or school know you have COVID-19.
  • You may not get a call from the health department, so fill out the Saginaw County Health Department self-reporting form
  • Notify close contacts so they can start to quarantine themselves.
  • Only resume normal activities when the following have happened:
    • 10 days have passed since symptoms start or when you got tested if asymptomatic
    • Fever free for 24 hours
    • Symptoms improve

What is QUARANTINE?

Staying home and away
from others for 14 days
AFTER EXPOSURE TO COVID-19

  • Determine when you last came into close contact (within 6 feet for 15 minutes) with COVID+ person when they were contagious (anywhere from 48 hours before their symptoms developed or their test came back positive through their isolation period)
  • Quarantine 14 days since that last contact.
  • If the contact is with someone in your household who hasn’t isolated from you, your quarantine will be 24 days – the 10 days of their isolation and the following 14 days.
  • Monitor yourself for symptoms and consider testing.
  • DO NOT use a negative test result to get out of quarantine.
  • Stay home through the 14th day to make sure you don’t develop COVID-19 at any time during its incubation period and spread it to others.

COVID-19 Positive or Exposed: When can I be around others again?

Scenario 1: Close Contact and Quarantine

Sasha’s partner gets sick on Monday and isolates in a separate room. Sasha feels well, but she was in close contact with her partner until Monday so she needs to quarantine for 14 days.

Sasha never has symptoms. Quarantine ends after day 14.

 

COVID-19: Scenario 1

Scenario 2: Isolation with Lingering Symptoms

Alberto gets sick on Wednesday and has a fever and cough for ten days. He cannot end isolation until it’s been ten days and he’s fever-free for 24 hours.

Aleberto isolates the ten days plus one extra day.

 

COVID-19: Scenario 2

Scenario 3: Isolation with Brief Illness

Bill gets sick on Thursday. He feels better and his fever ends on Monday. Even though he seems well earlier, he still must isolate for a full ten days since his symptoms started.

Bill’s isolation ends after ten days.

 

COVID-19: Scenario 3

Scenario 4: Asymptomatic Case

Amy’s co-worker tested positive for COVID-19. Amy began to quarantine and decided to get tested after 5 days even
though she never felt sick. Her test comes back positive. The positive test starts isolation since Amy is asymptomatic.

The positive test result starts isolation since Amy is asymptomatic.

 

COVID-19: Scenario 4

Scenario 5: Household Quarantine and Isolation

Tom’s son, Jake, was exposed at school. Jake quarantines for 4 days and gets sick. Now, Jake isolates and Tom quarantines. Tom cares for Jake. He is exposed until Jake’s isolation ends.

Tom’s quarantine starts as soon as Jake gets sick, but the 14 day count starts after Tom’s last exposure to Jake.

 

COVID-19: Scenario 5

Source:

Saginaw County Health Department
1600 N. Michigan Avenue
Saginaw, MI 48602
Phone: 989.758.3828

COVID Health & Seasonal Flu Updates and Resources

Seasonal Flu Update

Fall is just around the corner. Great Lakes Bay Health Centers is here to help you schedule your appointment to get your flu vaccine. It is more important than ever. An annual seasonal flu vaccine is the best way to help protect you, your family and our community against the flu.

Seasonal Flu Update

COVID -19: Coping with All This Stress

covid-19 coping with stress during a pandemic

YOU Can Help Stop COVID-19

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USTED puede ayudar a detener COVID-19

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10 things you can do to manage your health at home

how to manage your health at home while quarantining

COVID-19 Information for health insurers

The FFCRA and the CARES Act

The FFCRA was enacted on March 18, 2020.3 Section 6001 of the FFCRA generally requires group health plans and health insurance issuers offering group or individual health insurance coverage to provide benefits for certain items and services related to diagnostic testing for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 or the diagnosis of COVID-19 (referred to collectively in this document as COVID-19) when those items or services are furnished on or after March 18, 2020, and during the applicable emergency period. Under the FFCRA, plans and issuers must provide this coverage without imposing any cost-sharing requirements (including deductibles, copayments, and coinsurance) or prior authorization or other medical management requirements.

The CARES Act was enacted on March 27, 2020.4 Section 3201 of the CARES Act amended section 6001 of the FFCRA to include a broader range of diagnostic items and services that plans and issuers must cover without any cost-sharing requirements or prior authorization or other medical management requirements. Additionally, section 3202 of the CARES Act generally requires plans and issuers providing coverage for these items and services to reimburse any provider of COVID-19 diagnostic testing an amount that equals the negotiated rate or, if the plan or issuer does not have a negotiated rate with the provider, the cash price for such service that is listed by the provider on a public website.

Below are GLBHC cash prices for office visits and sample collection related to COVID.

99211 Office/outpatient visit est – $46.17

99212 Office/outpatient visit est – $87.95

99213 Office/outpatient visit est – $122.75

99214 Office/outpatient visit est – $177.90

99215 Office/outpatient visit est – $284.64

99201 Office/outpatient visit new – $83.30

99202 Office/outpatient visit new – $148.82

99203 Office/outpatient visit new – $193.81

99204 Office/outpatient visit new – $276.87

99205 Office/outpatient visit new – $262.70

99000  Specimen collection – $50.50

99001  Specimen collection – $50.50

 

 

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