YOU HAVE TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID-19 (ISOLATION)
Everyone, regardless of vaccination status.
What should I do?
• Isolate: Avoid all others. Only leave your home for medical care.
• Stay home for 5 days.
• If you live with others, stay in a separate room and use a separate bathroom if
possible. Don’t share personal items. Clean and disinfect your home and frequently
touched surfaces regularly
• If you have no symptoms or your symptoms are improving after 5 days, you can
leave your house. If you have a fever, continue to stay home until your fever
resolves.
• Continue to wear a mask around others for 5 additional days.
• Notify your close contacts. A close contact is anyone who was within 6 feet or less
from you for 15 minutes or more – with or without a mask – since two days before
you first noticed symptoms or tested positive. You should ask your close contacts to
get tested and quarantine according to the instructions below.
• Call your healthcare provider to talk about potential treatment options. New
medications may help you from getting very sick, especially for people at higher risk
(age 65 and older, immune compromise, obese, heart, kidney disease or lung
disease, diabetes).
• Do not get another PCR test for COVID-19. Tests should be used early in the course
of illness for purposes of diagnosis. Some people may remain positive by PCR test
beyond the period of expected infectiousness.
Everyone, regardless of vaccination status.
What should I do?
• Isolate: Avoid all others. Only leave your home for medical care.
• Stay home for 5 days.
• If you live with others, stay in a separate room and use a separate bathroom if
possible. Don’t share personal items. Clean and disinfect your home and frequently
touched surfaces regularly
• If you have no symptoms or your symptoms are improving after 5 days, you can
leave your house. If you have a fever, continue to stay home until your fever
resolves.
• Continue to wear a mask around others for 5 additional days.
• Notify your close contacts. A close contact is anyone who was within 6 feet or less
from you for 15 minutes or more – with or without a mask – since two days before
you first noticed symptoms or tested positive. You should ask your close contacts to
get tested and quarantine according to the instructions below.
• Call your healthcare provider to talk about potential treatment options. New
medications may help you from getting very sick, especially for people at higher risk
(age 65 and older, immune compromise, obese, heart, kidney disease or lung
disease, diabetes).
• Do not get another PCR test for COVID-19. Tests should be used early in the course
of illness for purposes of diagnosis. Some people may remain positive by PCR test
beyond the period of expected infectiousness.