What Should I Do If I Have Been Exposed to COVID-19, Am Experiencing COVID-19-Like Symptoms, and/or Received a Positive Test?

Exposure to COVID-19: Recommending that instead of quarantining if you were exposed to COVID-19, you wear a high-quality mask for 10 days and get tested on day 5. The COVID-19 Notification/Reporting Form: COVID-19 Case Notification Form

Testing Positive for COVID-19: Reiterating that regardless of vaccination status, you should isolate from others when you have COVID-19.

• You should also isolate if you are sick and suspect that you have COVID-19 but do not yet have test results.
  • If your results are positive, follow CDC’s full isolation recommendations.
  • If your results are negative, you can end your isolation.
  • The COVID-19 Notification/Reporting Form: COVID-19 Case Notification Form

Ending Isolation: Recommending that if you test positive for COVID-19, you stay home for at least 5 days and isolate from others in your home.  You are likely most infectious during these first 5 days. Wear a high-quality mask when you must be around others at home and in public.

• If after 5 days you are fever-free for 24 hours without the use of medication, and your symptoms are improving, or you never had symptoms, you may end isolation after day 5.
• Regardless of when you end isolation, avoid being around people who are more likely to get very sick from COVID-19 until at least day 11.
• You should wear a high-quality mask through day 10.

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