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Guidance for anyone with COVID-19 can be found in this letter from our health department and in the information below. If you have questions, please contact our Public Health Hotline at 920-232-3026.
There are many possible symptoms of COVID-19, including fever, cough, or shortness of breath. Click above for more information on what to do if you were exposed to COVID-19, are feeling sick, or were diagnosed with COVID-19.
NOTE: Please contact your place of employment or school for their current guidelines.
What is a close contact:
An infected person can spread COVID-19 starting two days before they have symptoms or two days before testing if they do not have symptoms. For this reason, "close contacts" include anyone in contact with a person with COVID-19 during the two days prior to symptoms or testing, until they meet the criteria to end isolation.
Close contact includes:
- Living with or caring for a person with confirmed COVID-19, OR
- Being within six feet of a person with confirmed COVID-19 for about 15 minutes (with or without a mask), OR
- Someone with COVID-19 coughing on you, kissing you, sharing utensils with you or you had direct contact with their body secretions.
- If you and/or the person with COVID-19 was wearing a face mask or covering during any of the above situations, you are still considered a close contact.
- Read more about close contacts here.
Additional resources:
- If you need documentation for work/school/travel regarding isolation and quarantine dates visit this page.
- COVID-19 guidance for community, school, and early childhood education settings
- Answers to Frequently Asked Questions (Source: CDC)
- CDC Guidance: What to do if you're sick (Source: CDC)
- Quarantine & Isolation Guidance (Source: CDC)
- What to do if you are sick or caring for someone who is sick (Source: CDC)
- Cleaning and disinfecting your home when someone is sick (Source: CDC)
- How to Avoid Exposure When Living with Someone Diagnosed with COVID-19(link is external) (Source: DHS)
- Guide to masks (Source: CDC)
- Vaccine information and clinic locations: www.wcvaccine.org
- If you’ve fully recovered from a verified COVID-19 diagnosis, your convalescent plasma donation may help up to 4 coronavirus patients in need! Donors are critically needed in Wisconsin. Learn more from the Red Cross and The Community Blood Center.
