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Page last modified 07/12/22
If you test positive: Please isolate immediately. Do not wait for a call from Maine CDC to isolate. You should stay in isolation until you meet the criteria to leave (PDF), or to seek medical treatment. Let your close contacts know about their exposure. If you had close contact with a positive case: Quarantine at home after your last exposure to the positive case. You should stay in quarantine until you meet the criteria to leave (PDF).
The Office of Community Development has created a page to help connect Orono residents to important and helpful resources for dealing with effects of the Covid-19 pandemic:
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PLEASE NOTE: Official news and announcements from the Town of Orono regarding coronavirus response and strategies.
The following information is culled from these sources to help you make some sense out of the barrage of news out there. Stay informed, be proactive, and help yourself and each other!
The virus that causes COVID-19:
• Chronic kidney disease as defined by your doctor. Patient has been told to avoid or reduce the dose of mdications because kidney disease, or is under treatment for kidney disease, including receiving dialysis
• Chronic liver disease as defined by your doctor. (e.g., cirrhosis, chronic hepatitis) Patient has been told to avoid or reduce the dose of medications because liver disease or is under treatment for liver disease.
• Compromised immune system (immunosuppression) (e.g., seeing a doctor for cancer and treatment such as chemotherapy or radiation, received an organ or bone marrow transplant, taking high doses of corticosteroids or other immunosuppressant medications, HIV or AIDS)
• Current or recent pregnancy in the last two weeks
• Endocrine disorders (e.g., diabetes mellitus)
• Metabolic disorders (such as inherited metabolic disorders and mitochondrial disorders)
• Heart disease (such as congenital heart disease, congestive heart failure and coronary artery disease)
• Lung disease including asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (chronic bronchitis or emphysema) or other chronic conditions associated with impaired lung function or that require home oxygen
• Neurological and neurologic and neurodevelopment conditions [including disorders of the brain, spinal cord, peripheral nerve, and muscle such as cerebral palsy, epilepsy (seizure disorders), stroke, intellectual disability, moderate to severe developmental delay, muscular dystrophy, or spinal cord injury]