Why use this site

You are at this site because you have recently tested positive for COVID-19 and need to notify those whom you’ve been in close contact with.

All of us can take action to end the coronavirus pandemic. Many of us already have. The most important thing is to stay at home, and as much as possible, avoid contact with other people.

If you do get a diagnosis you can help your contacts by letting them know and showing them where they can get reliable, up-to-date information including where to get tested. https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html

Telling contacts is important to do in the fight against infectious diseases. It helps break the chain of transmission and to flatten the curve. By telling your contacts, they can find out how to take care of themselves. If they find out that they’re infected, they can tell their contacts as well.

EVERYBODY BENEFITS.

Notify Contacts

How this works

Just select email or text, complete four sections and click submit. It only takes a few minutes.

Send a text or email a contact that they might be at risk of Covid-19. We recommend telling people with whom you had contact for more than 15 minutes and you were less than six feet away 48 hours before you started feeling symptoms.

You can choose to write one of your own messages, or use a standard one that we’ve written for you. Whichever you choose, you can decide whether you want to include your name or stay anonymous.

If there are some people you want to include your name and others you want to stay anonymous, we recommend that you do one set first, then the other.

We do NOT ask for any of your personal information, nor do we store your contacts’ information.

Whom should I notify?

If you have COVID-19, we recommend notifying your close contacts and people who you have encountered in any of the following situations:

Anyone who was within 6 feet of you for a cumulative total of 15 minutes or more over a 24-hour period sharing air with you* starting from 2 days before illness onset (or, if you are asymptomatic, 2 days prior to test specimen collection) until the time that you have isolated.

Household contacts and anyone you have provided care to.

Anyone you have had direct physical contact with (hugged, kissed, snuggled, sex, etc).

Anyone you have shared food with or shared eating or drinking utensils.

What your contact will see if you send an email

As a reminder, we won’t store email addresses of your contacts. We want you to feel completely comfortable when you use this resource. You can see some images that show how your email will appear to the people you send it to.

What your contact will see if you send a text

As a reminder, we won’t store phone numbers of your contacts. We want you to feel completely comfortable when you use this resource. You can see an image that shows how your text will appear to the people you send it to.

CDC guidelines on testing resources

Please see below for national COVID-19 resources.

We encourage you to reach out to your state and local public health
departments for more information. Due to high volumes local health
departments may not be able to quickly notify contacts and self-notifying
allows contacts to more rapidly respond to possible exposure.

Reminder: Please isolate/quarantine and wear a mask at home if a
family member/roommate needs to share a space with you.

Coronavirus Testing Self-Checker

CDC.gov
CDC’s staying at home guidance
National Coalition of STD Directors

Privacy

We take your privacy seriously. We will not collect email addresses or phone numbers.

We may use information about your server, IP address and browser-related information in the general administration of our website. We will not sell, trade or give away this information to anyone. We may use aggregate information (i.e. number of messages sent per month) for administration and improvements to our site, as well as in articles and presentations in professional journals, conferences and workshops so that others can learn from our experiences and we can learn from theirs.

READ OUR PRIVACY POLICY HERE.

We do NOT ask for any of your personal information, nor do we store your contacts’ information.