All of Rhode Island Now Considered Medium-Risk Area

Providence, Bristol, Kent, Newport, and Washington Counties are now considered medium-risk areas according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) COVID-19 Community Levels risk assessment. CDC determines risk level using three metrics: new COVID-19 admissions per 100,000 population in the past seven days, the percent of staffed inpatient beds occupied by COVID-19 patients, and total new COVID-19 cases per 100,000 population in the past seven days.

CDC determines risk level using three metrics: new COVID-19 admissions per 100,000 population in the past seven days, the percent of staffed inpatient beds occupied by COVID-19 patients, and total new COVID-19 cases per 100,000 population in the past seven days.

If you are in a medium-risk area, RIDOH recommends taking additional precautions, including:

• Stay up to date with COVID-19 vaccines and boosters.

• If you are immunocompromised or high risk, have a plan for testing and talk to your healthcare provider about protecting yourself.

• If you have household or social contact with someone at high risk, consider self-testing and wearing a mask when indoors with them.

• When indoors in crowded settings, consider wearing a mask regardless of vaccination status. This is especially important for people who are immunocompromised.

• Get tested if you have symptoms or have been exposed to someone with COVID-19.

If you test positive:

• Talk to your doctor about treatment

• Stay home and use this calculator to determine how long you need to quarantine or isolate

• Use the RIDOH COVID-19 Survey to let people you were with know you tested positive.

• If you test yourself for COVID-19 at home, report your result to RIDOH at portal.ri.gov/s/selftest.

CDC’s full set of recommendation is available online.

COVID-19 Community Partner Toolkit

The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) welcomes community partners who are dedicated to ensuring the health of all Rhode Islanders by promoting statewide COVID-19 resources and guidance. The resources below may be helpful in promoting services and messages, particularly in Rhode Island’s hardest-hit communities.

Visit our Publications and Resource page for a complete list of available documents.

Prevention Resources

7 tools for protection against COVID-19. Eng | Esp | Port
Find everything you need to know about COVID-19, how to prevent its spread, and what to do if you have it. Eng | Esp | Port
As with many viruses, there are several variants of COVID-19. Some are much more concerning than others. Eng | Esp | Port
Resources for Undocumented Immigrants Eng | Esp | Port

Testing Resources

Community Testing Event Marketing Toolkit: This toolkit includes resources that community partners may use to promote upcoming COVID-19 testing events in their community.
RIDOH COVID-19 Testing Overview Eng | Esp | Port
On-Site Business Testing Program: For more information, email [email protected].
COVID-19 Self-Test Kit Distribution Communications Toolkit: This toolkit includes resources that community partners may use when distributing COVID-19 self-test kits in their community.

Vaccine Resources

COVID-19 Vaccine Presentation Request Form: Please complete this form to formally request a COVID-19 Vaccination presentation from a RIDOH representative.
RIDOH COVID-19 Vaccination Overview: Eng | Esp | Port
COVID-19 Vaccine Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs): Eng | Esp
Vaccine Outreach: Community Partner Activation: Please use our Community Partner Activation tool if you are looking to help by sharing and amplifying important vaccine facts and information, particularly through social media. Eng | Esp
THE CONVERSATION/LA CONVERSACIÓN: Black & Latinx Healthcare workers provide facts and dispel misinformation about the COVID-19 vaccines in this FAQ video series. All content is rights free and designed to be shared on social media; in English and Spanish. Digital toolkits for each campaign available on their website (Black Americans, Latinx Americans: English) are also available.
National Academy of Medicine Members Urge Black Americans to Get Vaccinated
The COVID-19 Community Corps: As a Corps member, you’ll get resources to help you build vaccine confidence in your community.
Amplifier #vaccinated free and open source artwork can be downloaded, shared online via social media channels, and printed as posters, banners, lawn signs, or other outreach materials
Why Should I Get Vaccinated for COVID-19? Eng | Esp | Port | Cape Verdean Creole | Arabic | Chinese | French | Haitian Creole | Khmer | Kinyarwanda | Hmong | Lao
Promotional Materials for Community Partner Clinics- Thank you for helping us vaccinate Rhode Islanders! Please see the fillable PDFs for promoting your vaccination clinic. Please fill in the details specific to your clinic and share with your audience(s).
COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic Resources for Communities with Special Needs
The COVID-19 Education Initiative Eng | Esp | Chinese | Korean | Russian | Haitian Creole | Vietnamese
The National Resource Center for Refugees, Immigrants, and Migrants Get the Facts campaign, available in multiple languages, offers facts about COVID-19 vaccines in a simple and memorable way that counters common misconceptions.
The bilingual Esperanza Hope for All campaign digital toolkit has a list of simple but general messages on COVID-19 meant to be shared with those in your local community Eng | Esp
Please fill out the Rhode Island COVID-19 Vaccine Community Partners & K-12 Interest Form if you are interested in hosting a COVID-19 vaccination event in your local community.

All of Rhode Island Now Considered Medium-Risk Area

COVID-19 Community Partner Toolkit

Prevention Resources

Testing Resources

Vaccine Resources

Ad Council Vaccine Resources

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Vaccine Toolkits

Toolkits from the US Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) We Can Do This Campaign