Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
What’s the difference between quarantine and isolation?
1. If you might have been exposed to COVID-19, you should stay home. This is called
quarantine.
2. Quarantine keeps someone who might have been exposed to the virus away from others.
3. You should isolate, if you have COVID-19,whether or not you have symptoms.
4. Isolation separates people who are infected with virus from others, even in their home.