Close contacts who are not up to date should quarantine for 5 days and wear a high-quality mask for an additional 5 days. Close contacts who are up to date with COVID-19 vaccinations should monitor for symptoms and get tested 5 days after the last time they were with you. Tell your close contacts (including workplace contacts) you are positive for COVID-19.Contact your healthcare provider about treatment for COVID-19 if you are eligible.To request support while you are in isolation, call 40 or email After isolation, wear a high-quality, well-fitting mask for 5 more days when around others.
On day 6 you can leave isolation if your symptoms are improving and you don’t have a fever. Stay home and isolate away from others for at least 5 days.If you tested positive on a self-test, you can report your result to RIDOH by going to portal.ri.gov/s/selftest.įollow these four steps if you test positive.You can also request support while in isolation and learn about treatment options by filling out the survey. Go to portal.ri.gov/results, enter your information to view your positive test result, and fill out the COVID-19 survey that is linked there. If your positive test result was reported to RIDOH, you can notify your close contacts anonymously through the COVID-19 survey.If you test positive for COVID-19, you can help RIDOH detect outbreaks by ensuring that your positive result is reported to RIDOH. Please share the following guidance with your employees. We ask that all Rhode Islanders take personal responsibility to stop the spread of COVID-19. RIDOH will not be collecting information on close contacts unless people do not feel comfortable notifying their contacts themselves. Case interviews will focus on linking cases to treatment and other supports.
Rhode Islanders who test positive for COVID-19 but are not in one of these high-risk groups may not get a call from a RIDOH case investigator but will still get notified by text message.(High-density communities in Rhode Island include all or parts of Providence, Pawtucket, Central Falls, West Warwick, Woonsocket, Cranston, North Providence, and East Providence.) RIDOH’s case investigators will continue to directly contact patients who test positive for COVID-19 if they are unvaccinated, are 60 years of age and older, or are 45 years of age and older and are residents of high-density communities.RIDOH will continue to monitor and respond to outbreaks of concern but will no longer be sending out single positive case notifications to places of employment.As we continue to monitor our State’s response, RIDOH has shifted its COVID-19 case investigation program to focus on people at highest risk for serious illness and hospitalization. We could not have delivered the level of support that we did to Rhode Islanders if it wasn’t for your support and collaboration. Message from the Rhode Island Department of HealthĪs the COVID-19 pandemic shifts to an endemic state, we would like to take this opportunity to thank you for partnering with the Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) COVID-19 Unit over the past two years.
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