Coronavirus Disease 2019

Quarantine is used to keep someone who might have been exposed to COVID-19 away from others. Quarantine helps prevent spread of disease that can occur before a person knows they are sick or if they are infected with the virus without feeling symptoms.

As a close contact to someone with COVID-19, it is recommended that you get tested.

• To get a test, call your doctor, visit covid19.lacounty.gov/testing, or call 2-1-1.
• If you got an email from Public Health, take it with you in case the facility asks for proof that you are a contact to someone with COVID-19
• Take precautions when you go to get the test, so you don’t unintentionally infect other people. See If you do have to go out for medical care or for COVID-19 testing below.
• If your test result is positive:
• It means that you have COVID-19
• You need to follow the Home Isolation Instructions for People with COVID-19 which can be accessed at ph.lacounty.gov/covidisolation
• You need to tell all of your close contacts to quarantine and give them these instructions.
• If your test result is negative:
• You may still be infected, but it is too early to show on the test.
• You need to stay in quarantine until 14 days after your last exposure to the infected person.
• Monitor your symptoms and follow the instructions below.

• If you have been in contact with someone with COVID-19, you may receive a call from a public health specialist. If you get a call or message from "LA PublicHealth" or 1-833-641-0305, please do your part by taking the call and answering some questions about your health and the places you have been.
• The specialist can answer your questions and provide information about services like how to get a COVID-19 test or find a doctor or get help while you are in quarantine.
• Click here for more information about contact tracing.

• For more information, visit the Public Health website ph.lacounty.gov/Coronavirus or call 2-1-1 (which is available 24/7).
• Please call your health care provider for any questions related to your health. If you need help finding a health care provider, call 2-1-1.

You will need to stay in quarantine for 14 days from the date that you last had close contact with an infected person. See “Length of quarantine period” on page 1 for the definition of close contact and the examples below to learn how to calculate the last date in your quarantine period.

I. YOU HAVE NO FURTHER CONTACT WITH THE INFECTED PERSON

1. Your last day of quarantine is 14 days from the date when you last had close contact with them.
Example:
Your last close contact with the infected person: January 1
+
14 Days
=
Your last day in quarantine: January 15

II. YOU CONTINUE TO HAVE CONTACT WITH THE INFECTED PERSON

1. If you can avoid close contact (see definition on page 1), your last day of quarantine is 14 days from the date the infected person(s) in your household started to follow Home Isolation Instructions for People with COVID-19.
Example:
Infected person(s) started to follow Home Isolation Instructions: January 5
+
14 Days
=
Your last day in quarantine: January 19
2. If you have close contact (see definition on page 1) with that person at any point, the 14-day quarantine period will have to restart from the last day that you had close contact.
Example:
You started quarantine: January 5
→
You had another close contact with infected person: January 8
+
14 Days
=
Your last day in quarantine: January 22
3. If you cannot avoid close contact (see definition on page 1), your last day of quarantine is 14 days from the date that the infected person was told that they are “cleared” to stop their isolation.
Example:
Infected person cleared to stop isolation: January 15
+
14 Days
=
Your last date in quarantine: January 29

III. YOU RECEIVED A QUARANTINE ORDER BUT DON’T KNOW WHEN YOU WERE EXPOSED

1. Your last day of quarantine is 14 days from the date of issue on the Order.
Example:
Issue date on the quarantine order: January 20
+
14 Days
=
Your last date in quarantine: February 3