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You received a notice of a possible exposure to COVID-19 through CA Notify.

How to find your date of exposure?

What does this mean?

You received a notification because someone that you have been near reported a positive COVID-19 result. We understand it can be stressful to receive this notification. It does not mean that you have COVID-19. However, it does mean that you need to take a few steps to protect your family, friends, and community.

Answer the question below to find personalized instructions on what to do next

Do you currently have COVID-19 symptoms?

Do you currently have COVID-19 symptoms?

Symptoms of COVID-19: fever or chills, sore throat, cough, shortness of breath or difficulty breathing, congestion or runny nose, fatigue, muscle or body pain, headache, sore throat, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, new loss of taste or smell.

Have you tested positive for COVID-19 in the past 30 days?

Have you tested positive for COVID-19 in the past 30 days?

What do I do now? ā€ 

1
Stay home
Stay home and separate yourself from others. Wear a mask if you must be around others.
2
Get tested
See below for testing
guidance.
3
Monitor your health
Stay alert for
severe symptoms.
1

Stay home

  • If you have symptoms of COVID-19, you should stay home and away from others (isolate) to prevent spreading the disease to your family, friends, and community.
  • You should get tested (see below) and continue isolating while waiting for test results. If you cannot test, you should isolate for 10 days* after the day your symptoms started.
  • You should wear a well-fitting mask around others, especially when indoors (including at home) and around those with a high risk for severe disease, while waiting for test results.
  • If you test positive for COVID-19, continue wearing a mask around others for 10 days* after your symptoms started, even if you stop isolating earlier. Others should wear a well-fitting mask when around you during your isolation, especially if they are at high risk for severe COVID-19.
  • For details on how to isolate, More details on how to isolate

* Day 0 is your exposure date (when you were near someone with COVID-19).

Stay home and Self Quarantine
2

Get tested

  • You should test as soon as possible if you have symptoms, even if you are vaccinated or had COVID-19 before. Use an antigen test and not a PCR test if you have tested positive for COVID-19 in the past 90 days.
  • If you have symptoms but test negative using a rapid at-home (antigen) test, continue to isolate. Take another test, either antigen or PCR test, 1-2 days* later. This is especially recommended if you took your first antigen test within the first 1-2 days of your symptoms starting.
  • You should wear a well-fitting mask around others for 10 days* following your exposure, especially when indoors and around those at higher risk for getting very ill with COVID-19.
  • If you test positive or do not test, you should continue to isolate and test again on Day 5* (or later) after your symptoms started.
  • You may end isolation after Day 5* if you test negative on Day 5 or later AND you have no fever** AND any other symptoms are improving. Otherwise, you may end isolation after 10 days once any fever** has resolved.

* Day 0 is your exposure date (when you were near someone with COVID-19).


** No fever for past 24 hours without taking fever-reducing medication.


Find a testing location

More testing sites may be available in your area.
Check your county's COVID-19 website or visit myturn.ca.gov


For UC Campus Testing Information Learn about UC Campus Testing information .

Looking for your exposure date?

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3

Monitor your health

  • Keep an eye on your symptoms as you care for yourself at home, which should include getting rest and drinking fluids to stay hydrated.
  • If you are at higher risk of serious illness with COVID-19, treatment may be appropriate for you. Learn more about COVID-19 treatments, and contact your health care provider as soon as possible to discuss your options. Call your health care provider if you are in a high risk group or if you have any questions about your care.
  • If you don't have a health care provider, please call 1 (833) 422ā€‘4255.
Monitor your health

Call 9-1-1 if you start to have severe symptoms, including:


Difficulty breathing
New confusion
Pressure or pain in chest
Difficulty waking or staying awake
Bluish or grayish lips, face, or nails
Other serious symptoms

Ć¢ā‚¬Ā NOTE:

This guidance is for individuals from the general public who have been notified of a COVID-19 exposure.

Your employer, place of residence, or local health department (LHD) may have different requirements, especially if you live or work in a high-risk setting (such as a health care setting or a shelter). Please refer to guidelines from your LHD, employer, or shared living setting for any additional recommendations or requirements that you may need to do related to your exposure (such as quarantine or requirements for testing).

If you test positive, use CA Notify to stop the spread

Received a text message?

  • If you get a positive result from a lab-based test, you should receive a text message from the California Department of Public Health. This message will include a link that will allow you to anonymously notify others you may have exposed to COVID-19.
  • By clicking on the link and completing a few simple steps, you can protect your community by encouraging others to quarantine and get tested and take steps to limit the spread of COVID-19.

Did not receive a text message?

  • Not everyone who tests positive will receive a text message from the California Department of Public Health. Some examples of this include: if you tested at home, are from outside of California, or got your results from your provider.
  • If you did not get a text message for any reason, you can request one by providing information about your positive result using CA Notify on your phone or by calling toll-free 1 (833) 422ā€‘4255. Once you receive the text message, it will include a link that will allow you to anonymously notify others you may have exposed to COVID-19. Learn how to notify others of a possible exposure.

For questions related to your positive test result, please call your health care provider.
If you do not have a health care provider or need technical support, call 1 (833) 422ā€‘4255.

What do I do now? ā€ 

Wear a mask and monitor your health
You should wear a mask around others and monitor yourself for COVID-19 symptoms.

Mask and monitor your health

  • You should wear a well-fitting mask around others, especially when indoors and around those at higher risk for getting very sick with COVID-19, for 10 days* after your exposure date.
  • You should monitor yourself for COVID-19 symptoms for 10 days* after your exposure date. Watch for fever by checking to see if your temperature is 100.4ƂĀ°F (38ƂĀ°C) or greater.
  • If you develop COVID-19 symptoms, stay home (isolate) and get tested as soon as possible. Use a rapid at-home (antigen) test since a PCR test may be positive due to your previous infection.
  • If you have symptoms but test negative using a rapid at-home (antigen) test, continue to isolate. Take another test (either antigen or PCR test) 1-2 days* later, especially if you tested negative within the first 1-2 days of your symptoms starting.
  • If you test positive, continue isolating by following isolation instructions. Call your health care provider to discuss treatment, especially if you are at high risk for serious COVID-19 illness.

    • If you don't have a health care provider, please call 1 (833) 422ā€‘4255.

    * Day 0 is your exposure date (when you were near someone with COVID-19).

Mask and Monitor your health

Call 9-1-1 if you start to have severe symptoms, including:


Difficulty breathing
New confusion
Pressure or pain in chest
Difficulty waking or staying awake
Bluish or grayish lips, face, or nails
Other serious symptoms

Ć¢ā‚¬Ā NOTE:

This guidance is for individuals from the general public who have been notified of a COVID-19 exposure.

Your employer, place of residence, or local health department (LHD) may have different requirements, especially if you live or work in a high-risk setting (such as a health care setting or a shelter). Please refer to guidelines from your LHD, employer, or shared living setting for any additional recommendations or requirements that you may need to do related to your exposure (such as quarantine or requirements for testing).

If you test positive, use CA Notify to stop the spread

Received a text message?

  • If you get a positive result from a lab-based test, you should receive a text message from the California Department of Public Health. This message will include a link that will allow you to anonymously notify others you may have exposed to COVID-19.
  • By clicking on the link and completing a few simple steps, you can protect your community by encouraging others to quarantine and get tested and take steps to limit the spread of COVID-19.

Did not receive a text message?

  • Not everyone who tests positive will receive a text message from the California Department of Public Health. Some examples of this include: if you tested at home, are from outside of California, or got your results from your provider.
  • If you did not get a text message for any reason, you can request one by providing information about your positive result using CA Notify on your phone or by calling toll-free 1 (833) 422ā€‘4255. Once you receive the text message, it will include a link that will allow you to anonymously notify others you may have exposed to COVID-19. Learn how to notify others here.

For questions related to your positive test result, please call your health care provider.
If you do not have a health care provider or need technical support, call 1 (833) 422ā€‘4255.

What do I do now? ā€ 

1
Get tested
See below for guidance.
2
Wear a mask
Mask indoors and when around others.
3
Monitor your health
Stay alert for symptoms of COVID-19.
1

Get tested

  • Even if you do not have COVID-19 symptoms, you should get tested 3-5 days* after your last exposure.

* Day 0 is your exposure date (when you were near someone with COVID-19). Count from Day 1 (the next day) and test 3-5 days later.


Find a testing location

More testing sites may be available in your area.
Check your county's COVID-19 website or visit myturn.ca.gov.


For UC Campus Testing Information Learn about UC Campus Testing information.

Looking for your exposure date?

Find your date of exposure
Self Quarantine
2

Wear a mask

  • You should wear a well-fitting mask around others, especially indoors and around those at higher risk for getting very ill with COVID-19, for 10 days* after your exposure date.

* Day 0 is your exposure date (when you were near someone with COVID-19).

3

Monitor your health

  • You should monitor yourself for COVID-19 symptoms for 10 days* after your exposure date. Watch for fever by checking to see if your temperature is 100.4ƂĀ°F (38ƂĀ°C) or greater.
  • If you develop COVID-19 symptoms, stay home (isolate) and get tested as soon as possible.
  • If you have symptoms but test negative using a rapid at-home (antigen) test, continue to isolate. Take another test (either antigen or PCR test) 1-2 days* later, especially if you tested negative within the first 1-2 days of your symptoms starting.
  • If you test positive, continue isolating by following isolation instructions. Call your health care provider to discuss treatment, especially if you are at high risk for serious COVID-19 illness.

If you don't have a health care provider, please call 1 (833) 422ā€‘4255

* Day 0 is your exposure date (when you were near someone with COVID-19).

Monitor your health

Call 9-1-1 if you start to have severe symptoms, including:


Difficulty breathing
New confusion
Pressure or pain in chest
Difficulty waking or staying awake
Bluish or grayish lips, face, or nails
Other serious symptoms

Ć¢ā‚¬Ā NOTE:

This guidance is for individuals from the general public who have been notified of a COVID-19 exposure.

Your employer, place of residence, or local health department (LHD) may have different requirements, especially if you live or work in a high-risk setting (such as a health care setting or a shelter). Please refer to guidelines from your LHD, employer, or shared living setting for any additional recommendations or requirements that you may need to do related to your exposure (such as quarantine or requirements for testing).

If you test positive, use CA Notify to stop the spread

Received a text message?

  • If you get a positive result from a lab-based test, you should receive a text message from the California Department of Public Health. This message will include a link that will allow you to anonymously notify others you may have exposed to COVID-19.
  • By clicking on the link and completing a few simple steps, you can protect your community by encouraging others to quarantine and get tested and take steps to limit the spread of COVID-19.

Did not receive a text message?

  • Not everyone who tests positive will receive a text message from the California Department of Public Health. Some examples of this include: if you tested at home, are from outside of California, or got your results from your provider.
  • If you did not get a text message for any reason, you can request one by providing information about your positive result using CA Notify on your phone or by calling toll-free 1 (833) 422ā€‘4255. Once you receive the text message, it will include a link that will allow you to anonymously notify others you may have exposed to COVID-19. Learn how to notify others here.

For questions related to your positive test result, please call your health care provider.
If you do not have a health care provider or need technical support, call 1 (833) 422ā€‘4255.

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