CUNY Quarantine guidelines following exposure to COVID-19. When to stay home.
If you were exposed, quarantine and stay away from others when you have been in close contact with someone who has COVID-19.
Calculating Quarantine: The date of your exposure is considered day 0. Day 1 is the first full day after your last contact with a person who has had COVID-19. Stay home and away from other people for at least 5 days.
For those who have:
Completed the primary series of Pfizer vaccine over 5 months ago or Moderna vaccine over 5months ago and are not boosted, OR
Completed the primary series of J&J over 2 months ago and are not boosted, OR
Are unvaccinated
Stay home and quarantine for at least 5 days.
Wear a well-fitted mask if you must be around others in your home.
Get tested. Even if you don’t develop symptoms, get tested on day 6 after you last had close contact with someone with COVID-19
If you have symptoms, you cannot get tested until symptoms are resolved.
You must share test with CUNY campus to gain access to campus
After quarantine
Watch for symptoms until 10 days after you last had close contact with someone with COVID-19.
If you develop symptoms isolate immediately and get tested. Continue to stay home until you know the results
Wear a well-fitted mask around others.
Take precautions until day 10
Watch for symptoms for 10 days
Wear a well-fitting mask for 10 full days any time you are around others inside your home or in public. Do not go to places where you are unable to wear a mask.
Avoid travel
Avoid being around people who are at high risk.
For those who have:
Have received a booster, OR
Completed the primary series of Pfizer vaccine within the last 5 months or Moderna vaccine within the last 5 months, OR
Completed the primary series of J&J vaccine within the last 2 months, OR
No quarantine
You do not need to stay home unless you develop symptoms.
Get tested (even if you don’t develop symptoms) get tested on day 6 after you last had close contact with someone with COVID-19.
Watch for symptoms
Watch for symptoms until 10 days after you last had close contact with someone with COVID-19
If you develop symptoms isolate immediately and get tested. Continue to stay home until you know the results
Wear a well-fitted mask around others.
For those who have:
Been exposed to COVID-19 and had confirmed COVID-19 within the past 90 days (you tested positive using a viral test)
No quarantine
You do not need to stay home unless you develop symptoms.
Watch for symptoms
Watch for symptoms until 10 days after you last had close contact with someone with COVID-19
If you develop symptoms isolate immediately and get tested. Stay home until you know the results and wear a well-fitted mask around others.
Consult your doctor.
CUNY Isolation guidelines if you are sick or test positive. When to stay home.
Isolate when you are sick or when you have COVID-19, even if you don’t have symptoms
Calculating Isolation: Day 0 is your first day of symptoms or a positive viral test. Day 1 is the first full day after symptoms developed or your test specimen was collected. If you have COVID-19 or have symptoms, isolate for at least 5 days.
If you tested positive for COVID-19 or have symptoms, regardless of vaccination status
Stay home for at least 5 days
Stay home for at least 5 days and isolate from others in your home. On day 6, get a PCR or Antigen test (we strongly recommend an Antigen test, if available). Wear a well-fitted mask if you must be around others in your home.
Ending isolation and returning to CUNY if you had symptoms
End isolation after 5 full days if you are fever-free for 24 hours (without the use of fever-reducing medication) and your symptoms are improving.
On day 6, get a PCR or Antigen test (we strongly recommend an Antigen test, if available).
You must share test with CUNY to gain access to campus
Ending isolation if you did NOT have symptoms
End isolation after at least 5 full days after your positive test
On day 6, get a PCR or Antigen test ((we strongly recommend an Antigen test, if available)
You must share test with CUNY to gain access to campus
If you were severely ill with COVID-19
Isolate for at least 10 days. Consult with a doctor before ending isolation.
Take precautions until day 10
Wear a well-fitting mask for 10 full days any time you are around others inside your home or in public. Do not go to places where you are unable to wear a mask.