UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT
INRE: GENERAL ORDER
COURT OPERATIONS UNDER THE EXIGENT
CIRCUMSTANCES CREATED BY COVID-19
WHEREAS, the Court has recently received advice from its science advisor, Dr. Erin
Bromage;
WHEREAS, the Court continues to review its operations to identify measures that will help
slow the spread of the virus by minimizing contact between persons, 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 ofth.e Court,
that:
1) This order supersedes the General Order entered on March 28, 2022.
2) The following persons shall not enter any courthouse 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 (1) at least 10 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 10th 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:
Dated: /V\';1 I ,-1--
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Bridgeport, CT Ste 1 R. Underhill
Chief United States District Judge
