Care Recipient is Well but Test Positive

[Updated on 9 Oct 2021. With effect from 11 Oct 2021.]

This information is for individuals who are caregivers to vulnerable persons, including young children, elderly or people with disabilities, who:

• Have tested positive
• Are physically well.
• Need to be accompanied by a caregiver

Immediate Actions

1. Your care recipient should immediately stop going to school/work and cancel social activities to protect others from possibly being infected with COVID-19.
2. Stay calm. There is no need to rush to a hospital to get tested. Doing so may expose your care recipient to more risk because there may be other infected people there.
3. Your care recipient should self-isolate for at least 72 hours. This will allow him/her to safely recover, monitor his/her health and avoid spreading the virus further.

What to expect

1. Monitor the health of your care recipient and follow the steps below.
2. If he/she is feeling unwell (e.g. high fever, prolonged cough, diarrhoea, etc), visit this page.

What to do in the upcoming days

1. At the end of 72 hours, your care recipient should do a second self-administered ART.
   • If the result is negative, he/she can resume normal activities.
   • If the result is positive, continue to self-isolate.
2. Your care recipient can stop self-isolation and resume normal activities when he/she gets a negative result.

FAQ

• I have tested positive for COVID-19 but have no symptoms. Do I need to go to a clinic to take a PCR test?

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