IF YOU ARE FULLY VACCINATED
CDC has updated its guidance for people who are fully vaccinated. See Recommendations for Fully Vaccinated People.
IMPORTANT UPDATE FOR SCHOOLS
CDC recommends schools continue to use the current COVID-19 prevention strategies for the 2020-2021 school year. Learn more
Important update: Healthcare facilities
CDC has updated select ways to operate healthcare systems effectively in response to COVID-19 vaccination. Learn more
UPDATE
Getting vaccinated prevents severe illness, hospitalizations, and death. Unvaccinated people should get vaccinated and continue masking until they are fully vaccinated. With the Delta variant, this is more urgent than ever. CDC has updated guidance for fully vaccinated people based on new evidence on the Delta variant.
UPDATE
Given new evidence on the B.1.617.2 (Delta) variant, CDC has updated the guidance for fully vaccinated people. CDC recommends universal indoor masking for all teachers, staff, students, and visitors to K-12 schools, regardless of vaccination status. Children should return to full-time in-person learning in the fall with layered prevention strategies in place.

Contact Tracing Steps – Infographic

Contact Tracing Steps - Infographic
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Contact Tracing: Do your part to keep your family, friends, and community safe.

What you can expect to happen during contact tracing if you have been diagnosed with COVID-19.

If you have been diagnosed with COVID-19, a public health worker will call you to check on your health.

They will ask you who you’ve been in contact with and where you spent time while you were sick and may have spread COVID-19 to others.

Any information you share with public health workers is CONFIDENTIAL. This means that your personal and medical information will be kept private.

You will also be asked to stay at home and self-isolate, if you are not doing so already.

Self-isolation means staying at home in a specific room away from other people and pets, and using a separate bathroom, if possible.

Self-isolation helps slow the spread of COVID-19 and an keep your family, friends, and community safe.

If you need support or assistance while self-isolating, the health department or a local community organization may be able to provide assistance.

Continue to monitor your health. If your symptoms worsen or become severe, you should seek medical care. Severe symptoms include trouble breathing, persistent pain or pressure in the chest, confusion, inability to wake or stay awake, pale, gray, or blue-colored skin, lips, or nail beds, depending on skin tone.

Contact Tracing: what to expect if you may have been exposed to someone with COVID-19

If you have been in close contact with someone who has COVID-19, a public health worker will call you to inform you that you may have been exposed to COVID-19.

You should stay at home and self-quarantine for 14 days, starting from the last day you were possibly exposed to COVID-19.

Self-quarantine means staying home, monitoring your health, and maintaining social distancing (at least 6 feet) from others at all times.

The best way to protect yourself and others is to stay home for 14 days if you think you’ve been exposed to someone who has COVID-19. Check your local health department’s website for information about options in your area to possibly shorten this quarantine period.

Any information you share with public health workers is CONFIDENTIAL. This means that your personal and medical information will be kept private.

If you need support or assistance with self-quarantine, your health department or community organizations may be able to provide assistance.

The public health worker can provide information about COVID-19 testing in your area.

You should take your temperature twice a day, watch for fever and other symptoms of COVID-19, and notify your health department if you develop symptoms.

If you become ill during the 14 days of self-quarantine, you should notify the health department and seek medical care if your symptoms worsen or become severe. Emergency warning signs include trouble breathing, persistent pain or pressure in the chest, confusion, inability to wake or stay awake, pale, gray, or blue-colored skin, lips, or nail beds, depending on skin tone.

We can all work together to help slow the spread of COVID-19.

Do your part to keep your family and your community safe: Answer the call to slow the spread.