You’ve tested positive for COVID-19. Learn what to do next.
如果你有COVID-19阳性,你必须self-isolate right away. Do not go to work, school, or public places.
This important even if you are vaccinated or your symptoms are mild.
Stay and sleep in a separate room and use a separate bathroom if possible, even if they are fully immunized.
Find more information about what to doif you have COVID-19or information if you arecaring for someone with COVID-19.
To help us protect your loved ones and community, consider who you were with, and where you’ve been in the two days before you started feeling ill. If you have not had any symptoms and tested positive, consider who you were with, and where you’ve been in the two days before your positive test.
Public Health will reach out to you by phone in the coming days to discuss your symptoms and contacts, and provide you with further direction.
Please notify your household contacts that you have tested positive for COVID-19 and ask them to self-isolate if they are not fully immunized (the person received the second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine seven or more days before coming into close contact with you). If other members of your household have tested positive for COVID-19 they should continue to isolate until the date provided to them by Public Health.
We encourage you to notify your close contacts who do not live with you, and provide them with a link to ourCOVID-19 Contact Information page.
Many COVID-19 symptoms can be safely managed with home treatment such as drinking plenty of fluids, rest and using a humidifier or hot shower to ease a cough or sore throat.
You can call 8-1-1 anytime to talk to a nurse atHealthLinkBC. This service is available in 130 languages.
如果你的症状worsen, or if you do not improve after 5 or 6 days, call 8-1-1, your family doctor or Urgent and Primary Care Centre, so they can determine if you need to be assessed again.
If you are managing your illness at home and are not immunocompromised (this will be discussed when you receive a call from public health) you can end isolation once the following criteria is met:
Most people with COVID-19 recover within two weeks. But, some people with more severe symptoms can take twelve weeks or more to feel better. Connect with your health care provider, 8-1-1 or Urgent and Primary Care Centre to be assessed.
If you have not received either your first or second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, you should still get vaccinated after you have recovered and ended your self-isolation.
Vaccines boost your immunity and have shown to be highly effective in preventing serious illness and death, even after you have had a COVID-19 infection.
Drop in or make an appointment for your first or second dose (28 days or more after getting our first dose) at animmunization clinicnear you.
