UNITED STA TES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF CO NECTICUT
INRE: GENERAL ORDER
COURT OPERATIONS UNDER THE EXIGENT
CIRCUMSTANCES CREATED BY COVID-19
WHEREAS, the Court continues to receive advice from its science advisor, Dr. Erin
Brom age, and review its operations to identify measures that will help prevent the spread of the virus
while at the same time preserving its core mission of serving the public through the fair and impartial
administration of justice,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, effective immediately and until further order of the Court,
that:
1) This order supersedes the General Order entered on May I 9, 2022.
2) The following persons shall not enter any coutthouse in the District of Connecticut
• Persons who have, within the past 48 hours, experienced fever, cough, shortness of
breath or difficulty breathing, extreme fatigue, nausea or vomiting, congestion or
runny nose, muscle or body aches, headache, sore throat, diarrhea, or the new loss of
the sense of taste or smell, unless their symptoms have fully resolved and they have
received a negative result on a rapid or PCR test taken after the resolution of
symptoms;
• Persons who have tested positive for COVID-19, unless (I) at least 5 days have
passed from the later of the positive test or the experience of any of the symptoms
described above, and (2) such persons have received a negative result on a rapid or
PCR test taken after the resolution of symptoms or, in an asymptomatic case,
no sooner than the 5th day following the positive test;
• Persons who have ongoing exposure to anyone who has tested positive for COVID-
19 due to residing with that person and an inability to isolate from that
person unless (1) at least 5 days have passed from the other person's positive test or
start of any of the symptoms described above, whichever is later, and (2) such persons
have received a negative result on a rapid or PCR test taken no sooner than the end of
the 5-day period.
• Persons who have had close contact with, but not ongoing exposure to, anyone who
has tested positive for COVID-19, unless (1) at least 5 days have passed from that
other person's positive test or start of experience of symptoms and such persons have
tested negative on a rapid or PCR test taken no sooner than the end of the 5-day period,
or (2) during the 5 days following the close contact, the persons wear a mask at all
times while present in the building and test negative on a rapid or PCR test on the
third and fifth days following the close contact. For purposes of this order, "close
contact" means closer than 6 feet where one or more participants were unmasked for
more than 10 minutes cumulative over a 24-hour period or, if all participants were
masked, for more than one hour cumulative over a 24-hour period.
SO ORDERED:
/s/ Michael P. Shea
Dated: /1v~t 1-1 Zrz, 3> 0
Hartford, CT Midiael P. Shea wr.;...--ca,c
Chief United States District Judge
