Optimal Covid-19 Testing Time

Press release from the Town of Essex:

Posted on: November 17, 2020 - 9:36am

If you have been exposed to someone with COVID-19 you are a CONTACT and you should STAY HOME and QUARANTINE for a minimum of 14 days. Get tested 7-9 days after exposure. A negative test result does not mean that you are no longer at risk of becoming ill with COVID-19. A negative test result only means that you were Negative on the Date you took the test. You could still become ill up to 14-days AFTER your last exposure to someone with COVID-19.

If you become ill or have any symptoms of COVID-19 at any time during your 14-day quarantine begin your own isolation immediately and get tested for COVID-19.

This press release was produced by the Town of Essex.The views expressed here are the author’s own.