COVID-19 Information

• Say Yes COVID Tests (Department of Health)
• Ephrata Schools have free COVID-19 tests for home use. Please ask your student's school office for more information.
• Your medical insurance company will pay for COVID-19 tests at your local pharmacy.

• Samaritan COVID-19 testing hotline: (509) 764-3331
• Wenatchee Testing Sites
• Walgreens COVID Testing

• Columbia Basin Family Medicine:                                 (509) 754-3330
• Columbia Basin Hospital:                                              (509) 754-6431
• Confluence Health:                                                        (509) 663-8711 option 1
• Samaritan Health Care:                                                 (509) 764-3331 
• Moses Lake Community Health Center:                        (509) 765-0674
• Quincy Community Health Center:                                (509) 787-6423
• Quincy Valley Medical Center:                                      (509) 787-3531
• RIZA Family Medicine:                                                  (509) 764-7492

Please contact your child's school office.

An individual that tests positive for COVID-19 should isolate days zero through five at home regardless of vaccination status. 

Return to school and activities can occur, starting on day six, if: 

1. No fever within the past 24 hours (without medication) AND 
2. Symptoms have significantly improved 

Additionally, individuals should wear a mask when around others day 6-10.

Regardless of vaccination status, students and staff potentially exposed to COVID-19 are encouraged to:

• Monitor for symptoms, AND
• Consider wearing a well fitting mask for 10 days after the last date of exposure, AND
• Test as soon as possible after exposure and then repeat testing every 24-48 hours through at least the first 5 days after exposure.

The following COVID protocol are required at Ephrata Schools

• Exclusion of people with symptoms, regardless of vaccination
• Notifying groups or individuals of potential exposures through our COVID Dashboard
• Access to free home tests
• Reporting cases, outbreaks
• Responding to outbreaks
• Handwashing

Face coverings are optional for students, staff and visitors. They can be required in limited settings and situations (if an individual is sick with COVID-19, if an individual is assisting a sick person, when visiting a sick room or nurses' room).