OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR

Delaware Positive Test Result Notification

Date

Dear Addressee:

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Delaware Division of
Public Health (DPH) are closely monitoring an outbreak of new (novel) coronavirus
disease (COVID-19). You were tested for COVID-19, and laboratory testing has been
completed.

Your test results came back POSITIVE for COVID-19.

All persons who test positive, regardless of hospitalization and current health status, are
being notified. You will be enrolled in public health monitoring and will be contacted by
DPH and notified when you are released from monitoring.

If you have close contacts within healthcare, residential facilities, or other high-risk
settings, such as long-term care facilities (nursing home, assisted living facility, etc.),
adult/pediatric day care, group homes, correctional facilities, dialysis centers, cancer
centers, or other congregate settings, please contact DPH Call Center at 866-408-1899.

If you have any questions regarding your test results, please contact DPH Call Center at
866-408-1899.

You are NOT permitted to:

 Attend work or school. No Delaware employer may terminate an employee for
following Public Health orders under Delaware law (16 Del. Admin. C. §4202
(6.8.4)).
 Travel on mass transit (bus, train, subway, or plane) or by ride-share or taxis in
Delaware or anywhere else.
 You may not go to any public or commercial buildings, including but not limited to
grocery stores, pharmacies, movie theaters, malls, or other businesses.

You will be permitted to engage in the following usual activities:

 Live in your usual home but stay in a specific room and away from other people
in your home. Use a separate bathroom, if available.
 Telework (working from home) as allowed by your employer.

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Steps to protect yourself and others in your household:
 Cover your mouth and nose with a tissue or your sleeve (not your hands) when
coughing or sneezing.
 Clean your hands often by washing them with soap and water for at least 20
seconds or using an alcohol-based hand sanitizer that contains at least 60%–
95% alcohol immediately after coughing, sneezing or blowing your nose. Soap
and water should be used if hands are visibly dirty.
 Do not share personal household items such as dishes, drinking glasses, cups,
eating utensils, towels, or bedding with other people. After using these items,
they should be washed thoroughly with soap and water.
 Clean all “high-touch” surfaces everyday including counters, tabletops,
doorknobs, bathroom fixtures, toilets, phones, keyboards, tablets, and bedside
tables.
 Prohibit visitors who do not have an essential need to be in the home.
 Make sure that shared spaces in the home have good air flow, such as by an air
conditioner or an opened window, weather permitting.
 Avoid touching your eyes, nose, and mouth with unwashed hands.

Other medical or emergency needs:

 If you experience a life-threatening emergency, contact 9-1-1 and inform them of
your symptoms. In addition, be sure to remind them that you have tested positive
for COVID-19.
 If you have a routine, scheduled medical or dental appointment, you must cancel
it and re-schedule after you have been released from monitoring. You may keep
any appointments that are conducted by telemedicine.

Thank you for your cooperation. The Division of Public Health recognizes this is a
stressful situation and would like to make this as comfortable as possible. See the
attached fact sheet on recommendations.

Sincerely,

Karyl T. Rattay, MD, MS

Director

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 Delaware Isolation Instructions

I make a commitment to follow these isolation instructions until DPH notifies me that I
have been released from isolation. If my symptoms worsen or I experience a life-
threatening emergency, I will contact 9-1-1 and inform them that I am currently under
isolation for COVID-19.
I further understand that failure to comply with the terms of this Commitment may
subject me to legal action in the form of an Involuntary Isolation Order, pursuant to 16
Del.C. § 505.
I understand that because I am committing to the isolation instructions, I will not have a
hearing and will waive (give up) my rights under 16 Del.C. § 505 and 20 Del.C. § 3136,
including:
o To a hearing in Superior Court
o To have a lawyer represent me at that hearing
o To require that the state prove that I pose a significant risk of transmitting
a disease to others with serious consequences by clear and convincing
evidence.
o To hear and question witnesses against me
o To present evidence in my defense
o To testify, or not to testify, myself
o To appeal the decision of the Superior Court
I further understand that failure to comply with the terms of this Commitment may
subject me to legal action in the form of an Involuntary Emergency Isolation Order, and
possible subsequent court-ordered isolation, pursuant to 16 Del.C. § 505 or 20 Del.C. §
3136.
I understand that this commitment remains in effect until I have been notified in writing
by the Delaware Division of Public Health that I am released from my obligation under
this commitment. After communication with DPH, most persons with confirmed or
suspected COVID-19 who have symptoms and were directed to care for themselves at
home may discontinue isolation under the following conditions:
 At least 3 days (72 hours) have passed since recovery defined as resolution of
fever without the use of fever-reducing medications and improvement in
respiratory symptoms (e.g., cough, shortness of breath); and,
 At least 7 days have passed since symptoms first appeared.
After discontinuation of home isolation, persons must continue to avoid sustained close
contact with others, maintain strict social distancing and hand hygiene, and not return to
work for an additional 4 days (for a total of 7 days without symptoms) due to the
possible risk of continued infectiousness. Persons may return to work after this 7-day
period but should continue to recognize the risk of infectiousness and self-monitor for
symptoms.