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Hello doctors i need to get tested, work advised me to self isolate myself for 14 days and get tested as i was in direct connect with someone who tested positive for covid 19?

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

COVID 19: The CDC has provided guidelines for COVID 19 testing at https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-nCoV/hcp/clinical-criteria.html. However, state & local health departments/ providers make actual testing decisions. Some states require a doctor's referral and others don't.

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Answered 7/7/2020

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