{"id":2834,"date":"2020-11-18T12:45:37","date_gmt":"2020-11-18T12:45:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sepri.pt\/noticia\/my-covid-19-test-came-back-positive-now-what\/"},"modified":"2020-11-18T12:45:37","modified_gmt":"2020-11-18T12:45:37","slug":"my-covid-19-test-came-back-positive-now-what","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sepri.pt\/en\/noticia\/my-covid-19-test-came-back-positive-now-what\/","title":{"rendered":"My COVID-19 test came back positive.\nNow what?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You tested positive for COVID-19.<br \/>\nWhat now?<br \/>\nIf you have been diagnosed with COVID-19 and your doctor has assessed you and determined that your clinical situation does not require hospitalization, you should remain in isolation.<br \/>\nThe length of time you should remain in isolation will be communicated to you by the Health Authority or clinician accompanying you.   <\/p>\n<p>It is essential to stay at home during the isolation period, even if you have no symptoms.<br \/>\nDuring this time, to avoid infecting other members of the household or third parties, take the following precautions: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Stay at home: <\/strong>don&#8217;t go to work, school or public places, or use public transport.  <\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Don&#8217;t share items:<\/strong> don&#8217;t share plates, glasses, kitchen utensils, towels, sheets or other objects.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Call the doctor beforehand:<\/strong> avoid unnecessary trips to health services and call ahead to check out alternatives.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Wear a mask if necessary:<\/strong> you should wear a mask if you are with other people, in case contact cannot be avoided at some point.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Monitor symptoms:<\/strong> take your temperature daily and report any worsening symptoms.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p> <strong> Social distancing:<\/strong> they should stay in their own room in the house and avoid contact with others in common spaces.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Don&#8217;t receive visitors: <\/strong>don&#8217;t invite people to your home and, if you need to speak to someone urgently, do so by telephone or other digital means.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Wash your hands frequently: <\/strong>wash your hands with soap and water for at least 20 seconds several times a day.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>When sneezing and coughing:<\/strong> cover your mouth and nose with a disposable tissue, throw the tissue away and wash your hands.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Take <strong>care with waste:<\/strong> put the waste <strong>you<\/strong> produce in a different plastic bag from the rest.  <\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you test positive for COVID-19 at SEPRI, you will receive an infographic with all these precautions listed for your comfort.<br \/>\nIf you need to repeat the COVID-19 test while in recommended or voluntary isolation, take advantage of our home testing service so you don&#8217;t have to travel: <strong>917&nbsp;<\/strong> 597 <strong>&nbsp;297<\/strong> <\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is essential to stay at home during the isolation period, even if you have no symptoms.<br \/>\nDuring this time, to avoid infecting other members of the household or third parties, take the following precautions: <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2861,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2834","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sepri.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2834","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sepri.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sepri.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sepri.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sepri.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2834"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sepri.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2834\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sepri.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sepri.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sepri.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2834"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sepri.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}