Close Contact Exposures

Close Contact Exposures

Close Contacts: What to know and do 

Have you been in close contact with someone who tested positive for COVID-19 and wondering what to do?

  1. If you have symptoms, you should test and mask and should STAY HOME to self-isolate.
    • Get tested as soon as possible: you can self-schedule a symptomatic test on eTang
    • Stay home until you have tested negative with TWO home antigen tests (separated by 48 hours) OR a single PCR test unless an alternate diagnosis is found  
  2. If you do not have symptoms and are at a higher risk for severe COVID-19, take five days from your exposure.
  3. If you do not have symptoms and have contact with people who are at higher risk for severe infection, you should mask indoors when around such people for 10 days.  Consider testing within 5 days after the last exposure date and before contact with higher-risk people.