Updated: January 11, 2023

Report Covid Symptoms, Exposure, or a Positive Covid Case

Please fill out and submit your respective form below if any of the following are true:

1. You are currently experiencing COVID like symptoms such as:

• Loss of taste or smell
• Severe muscle or body aches
• Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing
• Heavy night sweats
• Fever or chills
• Cough
• Headache
• Sore throat
• Congestion or runny nose
• Nausea or vomiting
• Diarrhea

2. You have tested positive for COVID in the last 10 days (even if you are experiencing no symptoms)
   
   
3. In the last 10 days, you have been in close physical contact with a person who is confirmed to have tested positive for COVID or who has any symptoms consistent with COVID-19?

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Isolation Guidelines

If you test POSITIVE, regardless of vaccination status you must:

• Notify the Covid Support Team by filling out a Covid Support Form
• Isolate for a minimum of 5 days
• The Covid Support Team will clear you to return to work or school after your 5-day isolation period if: 
• symptoms are not present (or are resolving) AND  
• no fever is present for at least 24 hours (without the use of medication)

• Isolation may extend to 10 days or longer if:  
  
  • Your symptoms remain and are not resolving 

• You must wear a well-fitted mask around others for a total of 10 days from the start of your isolation period

Quarantine Guidelines for Close Contacts Exposed to a Someone Who Has Covid

A “CLOSE CONTACT” is defined as any of the following people who were exposed to a person while they were infectious with Covid-19.

• A person who has shared the same indoor airspace with an infected person for 15 minutes or more over a 24-hour period
• OR a person who was within 6 feet of an infected person for 15 minutes or longer over a 24-hour period in any indoor environment
• OR A person who had unprotected contact with the infected person’s body fluids and/or secretions, for example, being coughed or sneezed on, sharing utensils or saliva, or providing care without using appropriate protective equipment

If you DO NOT have symptoms, you ARE REQUIRED TO:

• Test as soon as possible and/or within 3-5 days after your last exposure to determine your infection status.
  • If you test negative on Day 3, test again on Day 4 or 5
  • If you test positive, please follow the above Isolation Guidelines
• Wear a highly protective mask when around others, both indoors and outdoors, for 10 full days after exposure
• Monitor yourself for symptoms for 10 days following your exposure
  
  • If symptoms arise during this time, get tested immediately, go home while you await your test results, and fill out a Covid Support Form

If you DO have symptoms, you ARE REQUIRED TO QUARANTINE and follow the below instructions:

• Notify the Covid Support Team by filling out a Covid Support Form
• Stay home for a minimum of 5 days
• Wear a highly protective mask when around others, both indoors and outdoors, for 10 full days after exposure
• If on Day 5, you have no, or resolving symptoms, you may end quarantine on day 6
• If you test positive, follow the above Isolation Guidelines

Covid Reporting FAQs

For general inquiries – please contact CovidSupport@pasadena.edu