Public Health

If you have recently tested positive for COVID-19, you may submit your results via this online form.

If you submit your results, you will be sent emails with further instructions to your jhu.edu email address.

If you need medical care, SHWB can provide nurse triage, telemedicine and in some cases, in-person visits to students who are sick.

If you are feeling unwell and have some symptoms consistent with COVID-19, please obtain a home antigen test. At present, FREE home antigen tests are available at all our health center locations.

Should you be tested?
Do you currently have symptoms consistent with COVID-19? These include:

  • fever
  • cough
  • sore throat
  • runny nose or congestion
  • muscle aches
  • fatigue
  • diarrhea or vomiting
  • headache
  • unexplained loss of sense of taste or smell

How to self-isolate if you are COVID positive

You should isolate yourself from others when you have COVID-19. You should stay home for at least 5 days and separate from others in your living accommodation as much as possible. Additionally, you should:

  • Wear a high-quality mask if you must be around others and when in public.
  • Use a separate bathroom if possible.
  • Avoid traveling.
  • Avoid sharing personal items, like towels.
  • Increase rest, good nutrition, and fluids.
  • If you have severe symptoms, like trouble breathing, seek immediate emergency medical care.

You can end your isolation after Day 5 if:

  • You never had any symptoms, despite positive COVID test.
  • Your symptoms are improving, and you are fever-free for 24 hours without taking any fever-reducing medication, like Tylenol, Paracetamol, or Ibuprofen.

If your symptoms are not improving or you continue to have a fever, you should continue to isolate until:

  • Your symptoms are improving, and you are fever-free for 24 hours without taking any fever-reducing medication, like Tylenol, Paracetamol or Ibuprofen)

After you end your isolation, please continue to limit any possible exposure to others until Day 11 by following these rules:

  • Wear a high-quality mask when around other people indoors.
  • Avoid being around immunocompromised people.

Additional information regarding isolation & a calculator to help you determine your isolation period, can be found on the CDC webpage.