Close Contact (High-Risk Exposure)

• Living in the same household as a COVID-19 case 
• Having had direct physical contact with a COVID-19 case (e.g. shaking hands) 
• Unprotected direct contact with infectious secretions of a COVID-19 case (e.g. being coughed on, touching used tissue paper, handkerchief, towel with a bare hand) 
• Having had face-to-face contact with a COVID-19 case within 2 meters
• Staying in same closed environment (e.g. classroom, meeting room, hospital waiting room, visiting patient, office, etc.) with a COVID-19 case at a distance of less than 2 meters 
• A healthcare worker (HCW) or other person providing direct care for a COVID19 case, or laboratory workers handling specimens from a COVID-19 case without recommended PPE or with a possible breach of PPE 
• Sitting within two seats (in any direction) of the COVID-19 case in an aircraft, care-givers, crew members serving around where confirmed case was seated