There are some exceptions where people are not required to quarantine stay home. These exceptions are described below.
Do not go to work, school, or public areas. Do not take public transportation, taxis, or ride-shares. If you live with someone with COVID, stay separated from sick members in the household as much as possible. Avoid sharing the same space within the home, including being in the same room.
Use a different bedroom or bathroom if that is possible. Your local health department can help you make sure that your basic needs for example, food and medication are being met. Monitor your health for 14 days after your last contact. Take your temperature with a thermometer two times a day once in the morning, once at night and watch for fever.
Also, watch for other symptoms of COVID , such as cough, shortness of breath, chills, muscle pain, sore throat, or new loss of taste or smell. Get tested. Contact your healthcare provider to ask about getting tested. If you are not fully vaccinated or have not recently recovered from COVID , get tested immediately and again 5 to 7 days after your exposure if your first test was negative.
If you have tested positive for COVID within the past 3 months and recovered , you do not have to get tested again even after close contact with someone with COVID as long as you do not develop new symptoms. If you are fully vaccinated and do not have symptoms , you should get tested 5 to 7 days after exposure and wear a mask in public indoor settings for 14 days or until you receive a negative test result.
If you develop symptoms , you should get tested immediately, even if you already had a negative test or you are fully vaccinated. If you are a healthcare worker with higher-risk exposures or a patient who was exposed to someone with COVID , you should get tested immediately but no sooner than 2 days after exposure and again 5 to 7 days after exposure if the first test was negative. This guidance is the same regardless of vaccination status.
Even if you do not have symptoms and your COVID test is negative, you should monitor your symptoms for the full 14 days and follow quarantine recommendations. Talk to your healthcare provider about monoclonal antibodies.
This medication can be considered for those aged 12 years or older who are not fully vaccinated or not expected to have adequate immune response to vaccination and who have been exposed to someone with COVID and who are at high risk for developing severe COVID Answer the call.
Your local health department might reach out to you with more recommendations if you or your child are identified as a close contact during contact tracing. If you know you were a close contact to someone with COVID, follow quarantine recommendations and monitor your health, even if the health department does not call you.
Respond to notifications. Stay home and away from others, especially those at a higher risk of severe illness, as much as possible. Get tested and monitor your health. Fully vaccinated people who have ongoing exposure i. If there are multiple people in a household with COVID, fully vaccinated contacts should follow the testing recommendations above based on the most recently infected household member. Fully vaccinated people who live with someone with a weakened immune system, at increased risk of severe disease, or unvaccinated including children under age 12 years could also wear a mask at home for 14 days after close contact with someone with COVID or until they receive a negative test result.
In general, healthcare personnel HCP who are fully vaccinated for COVID do not need to stay home quarantine after a workplace or community exposure or be restricted from work as long as they do not have any symptoms and do not test positive for COVID VDH may recommend work restrictions for fully vaccinated HCP with higher-risk exposures in certain situations. Updated Mar. Minus Related Pages. If you are sick: Keep track of your symptoms. If you have an emergency warning sign including trouble breathing , call Stay home except to get medical care.
When to seek emergency medical attention. Trouble breathing Persistent pain or pressure in the chest New confusion Inability to wake or stay awake Pale, gray, or blue-colored skin, lips, or nail beds, depending on skin tone. Call ahead before visiting your doctor. While waiting for test results pdf icon [ KB, 2 pages] , you stay away from others, including staying apart from those living in your household. If you are sick, wear a mask over your nose and mouth. Avoid sharing personal household items.
Video and Fact Sheet. Top of Page. Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Syndicate. For information on when you can return to work, see the following:. When you can be around others depends on different factors for different situations. It is very important for people with COVID to remain apart from other people if possible, even if they are living together. If separation of the person with COVID from others in the home is not possible, the other members of the household will have ongoing exposure, meaning they will be repeatedly exposed until that person is no longer able to spread the virus to other people.
People with COVID can spread the virus to other people for 10 days after they develop symptoms, or 10 days from the date of their positive test if they do not have symptoms. The person with COVID and all members of the household should wear a well-fitted mask and consistently, inside the home.
If possible, one member of the household should care for the person with COVID to limit the number of people in the household that are in close contact with the infected person. Take steps to protect yourself and others to reduce transmission in the home. It ensures that unvaccinated or not fully vaccinated people who have been in close contact with someone with COVID stay apart from others.
You quarantine when you have been exposed to the virus that causes COVID and are unvaccinated or not fully vaccinated. Public health recommendations for testing and quarantine of close contacts with ongoing exposure depend on vaccination status.
If you recently completed isolation and someone in your household tests positive for the virus that causes COVID shortly after the end of your isolation period, you do not have to quarantine or get tested as long as you do not develop new symptoms. Once all members of the household have completed isolation or quarantine, refer to the guidance below for new exposures to COVID Skip directly to site content Skip directly to page options Skip directly to A-Z link.
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