What to do next if you test positive to COVID
2 years, 11 months ago

What to do next if you test positive to COVID

ABC  

All it took was an end-of-year celebration with friends for Steph to be drawn down the COVID rabbit hole. Although Steph’s immediate family did not pick up the virus, her 75-year-old grandmother tested positive despite the only contact being a brief five minutes the day before Steph knew she had been exposed. If you got a positive result on a rapid antigen test, head off for a PCR test to confirm the case but also to keep it on the radar of your state health department. Isolate Once you have confirmed your case with a PCR test it’s time to go into proper isolation for at least seven days from the day of testing. If you are a close contact and completed seven days isolation you need to return a negative rapid antigen test on day six.

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NPR  

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Associated Press  

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3 years ago

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ABC  

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ABC  

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ABC  

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