The Pennsylvania Department of Health released Health Alert 525-09-14: Guidance for Patients Under Quarantine After Exposure to SARS-CoV-2. If PA DOH or the local health department identifies that someone is a close contact to a person with COVID-19, the close contact must quarantine for 14 days from last contact, even if the person remains asymptomatic. A negative test result obtained while a close contact is under quarantine does not release the person from quarantine. Because infection can develop up to 14 days after exposure, persons with negative test results must still quarantine for the full 14 days. Patients being tested for SARS-CoV-2 infection must be instructed to isolate at home until results are received. Click here to access all of the 2020 health alerts, advisories and updates.
