It’s important to read and follow the directions on the website carefully. If you have questions that are not answered by the website, you can email. More information about what to do after you receive an exposure notification from MassNotify is included in the exposure notification message, which includes a link to a website where you get more information about what to do next. This helps protect your family, friends, and community. If you receive an exposure notification from MassNotify, you could develop COVID-19 up to 14 days after your exposure. If you received an exposure notification alert, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health recommends that you seek a COVID-19 test about 5 days after your exposure date. What happens if MassNotify tells me I may have been exposed?
But if you wish, you can click that verification link to help you enable MassNotify on your phone for future use. If you receive a text from the Department of Public Health but are not a MassNotify user, you do not need to use your verification link. MassNotify users who were near the person who tested positive may receive an anonymous alert about their possible exposure to COVID-19. By following the link in the text, people who tested positive can quickly and anonymously share their test result with other users through MassNotify.
The Department of Public Health texts everyone who recently tested positive for COVID-19 so that MassNotify users can quickly and anonymously alert other users of their possible exposure. I got a text from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health.