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Traveling To/From Rhode Island

Coming to Rhode Island from one of these states? Learn about what you need to do to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 in Rhode Island. Read more about RI travel restrictions here

Testing

For Healthcare Professionals

Quarantine Guidance Update

Effective December 10, anyone who has been in close contact with someone with COVID-19 must quarantine for 10 days from their last known exposure. You may shorten quarantine to 7 days if you have a negative result from a test taken at least 5 days after you were exposed. Residents of long-term care facilities must quarantine for 14 days. Requirements FAQ Calculator Read more quarantine guidance

COVID-19 Treatment

Rhode Island now has a doctor-recommended treatment for COVID-19 that's fast, easy, and highly effective. If you test positive for COVID-19 and are 65 or older or have an underlying health condition, immediately call your healthcare provider and ask about treatment. The earlier you start treatment, the more effective it is.

Contact Tracing

Contact tracing is an important part of slowing the spread of COVID-19 in Rhode Island.

The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) is using new technology to ensure that close contacts exposed to COVID-19 are identified quickly. We have expanded our results portal to include a section where people who test positive for COVID-19 can enter their own close contacts and other demographic information.

COVID-19 Vaccination

Rhode Island is vaccinating people against COVID-19. People are eligible for a COVID-19 vaccination in Rhode Island based on Rhode Island’s vaccination timeline and if they live, work, or go to school in Rhode Island. To get vaccinated, you must confirm you are part of an eligible group, either online or over the phone when booking.

To get vaccinated at a State-run site, please go to vaccinateRI.org or call 844-930-1779.

Go to C19VaccineRI.org to learn how to get vaccinated through a pharmacy or through a local or regional site.

RIDOH Quarantine/Isolation Letters

Rhode Islanders who require a letter to verify their quarantine/isolation, or their test negative or positive results, may request a letter which may be sent by encrypted (secure) email within 72 hours upon verification by submitting this online form.

COVID-19 Info Line

Monday – Friday: 7:30 AM - 7:00 PM
Saturday – Sunday: 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM

Phone: 401-222-8022
After hours: Call 211

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Submit COVID-19 Complaint
Information for Healthcare Providers

COVID-19 Job Opportunities

If you want to join our COVID-19 response team, review this complete list of immediate COVID-19 related job openings and apply for one today.

Relief for Workers

If you need to stay home because of COVID-19, there are resources for you. Please do not go into work if you are sick.

COVID-19 Periodic Briefings, Advisories, and Updates

Weekly press conferences, held on Thursdays at 1PM, are streamed on Capitol Television.

Are you interested in receiving any of RIDOH’s regularly published communications? For a complete listing of archives and to be added to our distribution lists visit our new webpage.

COVID-19 response data, updated every weekday by approximately 1pm. Weekly data updated on Tuesdays

COVID-19 Self-Checker
Not sure if your symptoms add up? Use this tool to check.

Search the Department of Health Publications Library

Help for those in quarantine or isolation

Discounted lodging rates for frontline workers and others

Find Phase III Guidelines for businesses on ReopeningRI.com

Latest Executive Orders

Masks

Masks are required any time you’re in a public place, whether indoors or outdoors, unless a mask exception applies. Learn more about mask requirements

Social Gatherings

All public and private social gatherings, including holidays, parties, and celebrations, are limited to the members of two households indoors and three households outdoors.

Restaurant Dining

Outdoor dining is allowed and encouraged. Indoor dining is allowed at up to 50% of the restaurant’s regular seating capacity. Seating at one table is limited to two households per table indoors, and three households per table outdoors, with a maximum of eight people per table. All customers must wear masks when not eating or drinking.

Catered Events

The capacity limit is 30 people for indoor catered events and 50 people for outdoor catered events. All catered events must have a licensed caterer on-site, pre-event testing for guests, and a designated COVID Safety Officer in attendance.

Remote Work

Office-based businesses are allowed to have up to 33% of workers on-site in-person at one time. Employees who have the ability to work remotely are strongly encouraged to do so.

Indoor and Outdoor Venues of Assembly

Indoor and outdoor venues of assembly, such as convention centers, concert halls, performance venues, and theaters, may operate at up to 40% capacity with a maximum of 125 people. The capacity limit for indoor and outdoor religious and faith-based services is 40% of normal worship space capacity with a maximum of 125 people.

Other Indoor and Outdoor Venues

Outdoor recreational or entertainment businesses and historical/cultural establishments that are not venues of assembly may operate at one person per 125 square feet. People must remain 14 feet apart for activities involving singing or performances, such as karaoke, or otherwise six feet apart, from people outside of their household.

Gyms, Fitness Centers, and Indoor Sports Faculties

Gyms, fitness centers, and indoor sports facilities may operate at one person per 125 square feet and must ensure that people stay six feet apart from other people.