Close contact is defined as within 6 feet for a total of 15 minutes or more over a 24-hour period. If you have been in close contact with someone with confirmed COVID-19.
If you are experiencing symptoms of COVID-19 including fever or chills, cough, shortness of breath or difficulty breathing, fatigue, muscle or body aches, headache, new loss of taste or smell, sore throat, congestion or runny nose, nausea or vomiting, or diarrhea. The CDC currently defines four instances where COVID testing is recommended: Who should get tested for current infection The presence of COVID antibodies may help to prevent you from becoming infected with the same virus again but, because the clinical understanding of COVID-19 is still developing, it's unclear how long that protection will continue. Results can take up to 2-3 days to arrive.Īntibody testing looks for a past infection and may not reveal if you have an active COVID-19 infection because antibodies can take up to three weeks to form in your body. The majority of tests, on the other hand, are collected at the clinic on-site and then submitted to off-site labs for processing. Some tests are processed out on-site and can provide results in as little as 30 minutes. 
Viral COVID testing can be done in a few different ways, the most common being nose swabs, but saliva tests are becoming more popular. There are two types of coronavirus tests (COVID-19 tests) available, those that can test for a current infection (viral test) and those that can test for a past infection (antibody test).
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