If you are diagnosed with COVID-19, you will be asked by an epidemiologist from your county health department about everyone you’ve come in contact with over the last 2 weeks. The epidemiologist will talk to each person and ask them about their health. This is called contact tracing and it’s a core public health function.
When you provide all of your contacts, you are helping stop the spread of COVID-19.
1. You tested positive for COVID-19.
You must stay home. Home isolation and at-home care for 14 days is what most
people need. Be sure to:
- Isolate in one room, and have sole use of a bathroom if possible.
- Keep track of your symptoms.
- Get rest and stay hydrated.
- Ask your health care provider about pain and fever medication.
- Follow the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s guidance for at-home care: CDC.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/if-you-are-sick/.
2. A local epidemiologist will ask, “Who have you been in contact with over the last two weeks?”
3. The epidemiologist and your county health department will monitor you and your contacts over a number of days.
County health department contact information can be found at FloridaHealth.gov.