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From: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/php/risk-assessment.html
Table 2: Risk Level
| Risk Level |
Management if Asymptomatic |
Management if Symptomatic1 |
| High risk |
- Quarantine (voluntary or under public health orders) in a location to be determined by public health authorities.
- No public activities.
- Daily active monitoring, if possible based on local priorities
- Controlled travel
|
- Immediate isolation with consideration of public health orders
- Public health assessment to determine the need for medical evaluation; if medical evaluation warranted, diagnostic testing should be guided by CDC’s PUI definition
- If medical evaluation is needed, it should occur with pre-notification to the receiving HCF and EMS, if EMS transport indicated, and with all recommended infection control precautions in place.
- Controlled travel: Air travel only via air medical transport. Local travel is only allowed by medical transport (e.g., ambulance) or private vehicle while symptomatic person is wearing a face mask.
|
| Medium risk |
Close contacts in this category:
- Recommendation to remain at home or in a comparable setting
- Practice social distancing
- Active monitoring as determined by local priorities
- Recommendation to postpone long-distance travel on commercial conveyances
|
- Self-isolation
- Public health assessment to determine the need for medical evaluation; if medical evaluation warranted, diagnostic testing should be guided by CDC’s PUI definition
- If medical evaluation is needed, it should ideally occur with pre-notification to the receiving HCF and EMS, if EMS transport indicated, and with all recommended infection control precautions in place.
- Controlled travel: Air travel only via air medical transport. Local travel is only allowed by medical transport (e.g., ambulance) or private vehicle while symptomatic person is wearing a face mask.
|
Travelers from mainland China (outside Hubei Province) or Iran
- Recommendation to remain at home or in a comparable setting
- Practice social distancing
- Self-monitoring with public health supervision as determined by local priorities
- Recommendation to postpone additional long-distance travel on commercial conveyances after they reach their final destination
|
Travelers from other country with widespread transmission
- Recommendation to remain at home or in a comparable setting,
- Practice social distancing
- Self-monitoring
- Recommendation to postpone additional long-distance travel on commercial conveyances after they reach their final destination
|
Travelers from country with sustained community transmission
- Practice social distancing
- Self-observation
|
| Low risk |
- No restriction on movement
- Self-observation
|
- Self-isolation, social distancing
- Person should seek health advice to determine if medical evaluation is needed.
- If sought, medical evaluation and care should be guided by clinical presentation; diagnostic testing for COVID-19 should be guided by CDC’s PUI definition.
- Travel on commercial conveyances should be postponed until no longer symptomatic.
|
| No identifiable risk |
None |
- Self-isolation, social distancing
- Person should seek health advice to determine if medical evaluation is needed.
- If sought, medical evaluation and care should be guided by clinical presentation; diagnostic testing for COVID-19 should be guided by CDC’s PUI definition.
- Travel on commercial conveyances should be postponed until no longer symptomatic.
|
EMS = emergency medical services; HCF = healthcare facility; PUI = Person Under Investigation for COVID-19
1For the purpose of this document: subjective or measured fever, cough, or difficulty breathing.
Note: The public health management recommendations made above are primarily intended for jurisdictions not experiencing sustained community transmission. In jurisdictions not experiencing sustained community transmission, CDC recommends that post-exposure public health management for asymptomatic exposed individuals continue until 14 days after the last potential exposure; however, these decisions should be made based on the local situation, available resources, and competing priorities. These factors should also guide decisions about managing symptomatic exposed individuals.
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