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Bookmark or Share- What to Do If You Were Exposed to COVID-19 | CDCIf you were exposed to the virus that causes COVID-19 or have been told by a healthcare provider or public health authority that you were exposed, here are the steps that you should take, regardless of your vaccination status or if you have had a previous infection.
- Infection Control Guidance: SARS-CoV-2 | COVID-19 | CDCAsymptomatic patients with close contact with someone with SARS-CoV-2 infection should have a series of three viral tests for SARS-CoV-2 infection. Testing is recommended immediately (but not earlier than 24 hours after the exposure) and, if negative, again 48 hours after the first negative test and, if negative, again 48 hours after the second ...
- What’s considered ‘close contact’ for COVID-19?If you’ve had close contact with someone diagnosed with COVID-19, the CDC recommends you stay home for 14 days from your last contact with an infected person and monitor yourself for symptoms. If someone in your household has COVID-19, you’ll need to quarantine for 14 days from the last day of close contact or for 14 days from the date they ...
- Recommendations for COVID-19 Close Contacts - CDC StacksYou were a close contact if you were less than 6 feet away from someone with COVID-19 for a total of 15 minutes or more over a 24-hour period (excluding K-12 settings). To calculate the recommended time frames, day 0 is the date you last had close contact to someone with COVID-19.
- CDC Expands 'Close Contact' Definition of COVID-19 PatientsThe CDC expanded its definition of “close contact” to include people who have been within 6 feet of a person with COVID-19 for a cumulative total—including many short periods of exposure—of 15 minutes or more in a 24-hour period.
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