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Did you test positive
for COVID-19?
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Isolate at home
• Stay home and stay away from others, including the people in your own household.
• If you’re sick, isolate for 5 days from when you started feeling sick AND make sure your
fever is gone for 24 hours, without the help of medicine, before being around others.
• If you don’t have symptoms, isolate for 5 days from the day you were tested.
• If you are sick, take care of yourself, and keep in touch with your clinic or medical pro-
vider if your symptoms get worse.
• You can be around others again after 5 days, if you feel better. You should wear a mask
for an additional 5 days when you are around others.
If you tested positive or were exposed to COVID‑19,
our trained professionals can help.
Call 866‑917‑8881 if:
You want more health information
You have questions about isolation or quarantine
You have questions about telling your close contacts they may have been exposed to COVID-19
You need to isolate and are worried about the ability to do that
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Call 211 for general COVID‑19 questions, finding testing or
vaccines, or help finding other resources.
What does it mean to self-isolate?
Self-isolate means to separate people who are ill from those who are not.
The goal is to keep COVID-19 from spreading.
People who have COVID-19 need to self-isolate for 5 days or until 24 hours
after fever has passed and other symptoms are improving. Then they should continue to
wear a well-fitting mask around others for 5 more days to keep from spreading the virus and
making others sick.
ISOLATION
Isolation keeps someone who is infected with COVID-19 away from
others even in their own home. You need to isolate if you have symptoms
or have tested positive for COVID-19.
You tested positive for
COVID-19 .
Do you have symptoms?
NO
Fever / chills
YES
Cough
Loss of taste / smell
Isolate for at least 5 days after
testing positive or from the time symptoms
began AND
• You have been fever free for at least 24
hours without the use of fever-reducing
medicine AND
YES
Headache
Shortness of breath
• Fatigue
• Muscle / body aches
• Sore throat
• Congestion / runny nose
• Nausea / vomiting / diarrhea
• If you cannot mask around others,
isolate for a full 10 days
After the 5 days of isolation, you should wear
a mask for an additional 5 days when you
are around others.
Once you have completed isolation, you can
leave your house and return to work. Keep
protecting yourself and others.
QUARANTINE
If you have no symptoms, quarantine for at least 5 days and wear a mask when around others
for an additional 5 days. If you develop symptoms, isolate yourself from others and call your
doctor or clinic right away.
You do not need to isolate.
EXPOSURE
Did you spend more than 15 minutes
within 6 feet of someone since two
days before testing positive?
YES
QUARANTINE 5 DAYS
They should watch for symptoms
for all 10 days
CAREFULLY RETURN TO NORMAL ACTIVITY
Wear a mask for an additional 5 days
DAY
DAY
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If you have been severely ill or are severely
immunocompromised, you may be asked to
isolate up to 20 days.
If you’re at high risk, call your provider and
ask if treatment is right for you.
Staying home and away from other people for 5 days is the safest way to prevent the
spread of COVID-19 to others.
• You don’t need to quarantine if you are up to date with your COVID-19 vaccinations and don’t
have any symptoms.
• If you are unable to wear a mask (including those under 2 years of age), you should
quarantine for 10 days
• If you are unable to quarantine, you should wear a well-fitting mask for 10 days when around
others at home and in public.
• If possible, stay away from people who are at higher risk for getting very sick from COVID-19
for a full 10 days
NO
• Other symptoms have improved
During isolation you should:
• Stay home and away from others (even
others in your home), except to get
medical care
HOW LONG TO QUARANTINE
If that person is not up-to-date on their
COVID-19 vaccinations, they should:
• Stay home and away from others for at least 5 days after
they last saw you
• Watch for symptoms daily
• Wear a mask around other people for an additional 5 days
See next page for quarantine information.
Call 911 if anyone experiences these severe symptoms:
• Difficulty breathing
• New confusion or inability to wake up
• Bluish lips or face
• Pain or pressure in the chest or belly
• Unable to drink or keep liquids down
Keep protecting yourself and others.
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