If you tested positive for COVID-19, follow these guidelines to help prevent further spread of the virus: 

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If you tested positive for COVID-19, follow these guidelines to help prevent further spread of the virus: 

  • Stay home except to get medical care

    • Avoid all public places.
    • Call ahead if you need medical care.
       

  • Separate yourself from others (even in your own home)

    • Stay in a specific room in your home.
      • The NDDoH will work with you to identify and notify your close contacts that they may have been exposed to COVID-19. The NDDoH will notify your close contacts; however, it is good practice to make your close contacts aware of your positive test result. Direct contacts to health.nd.gov/closecontact for more information.
    • If you must be around other people or animals, wear a mask.
    • Calculate the estimated end date of your isolation at health.nd.gov/covidcalculator.

  • Monitor your symptoms 

    • Symptoms include (but are not limited to) fever, chills, and cough. 
    • Follow care instructions from your healthcare provider. 
       

  • Follow general cleaning guidance

    • Clean and disinfect surfaces. 
    • Do not share household items. 
    • Wash your hands often. 
    • Cover your coughs and sneezes. 
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Seek outpatient therapies that prevent serious illness/death if you are a high-risk patient, including:

  • Individuals age 65 and older
  • Individuals age 55 and older with cardiovascular disease, hypertension, or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
  • Individuals age 12 and older with body mass index (BMI) >35 (moderate obesity), chronic kidney disease, diabetes, or immunosuppressed
  • Individuals age 12-17 with obesity/overweight, sickle cell disease, heart disease, g-tube/tracheostomy or other technologic dependence, asthma or other chronic lung disease requiring daily controller medication

If you think you may meet one of these criteria for being a high-risk patient, please contact your healthcare provider’s office for more information and a possible referral to a COVID-19 outpatient infusion center near you. If you received antibody therapy for COVID-19, COVID-19 vaccination should be deferred for at least 90 days to avoid interference of the treatment with vaccine-induced immune responses. If you have any additional questions, concerns, and/or need further assistance gaining access to these therapies, please call the NDDoH COVID hotline at 1-866-207-2880.

REMEMBER: some of these medications have the best effect if given shortly after your diagnosis, before you have symptoms and/or require hospitalization, therefore please make this call immediately after receiving your positive test result. 

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