Rhode Island Lets Some COVID-19 Positive Health Care Workers Stay on Job

Syringes with a COVID-19 vaccine are pictured in Central Falls, R.I., in a file photograph. Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images

The Rhode Island Department of Health recently informed health care facilities that workers who test positive for COVID-19 don’t have to isolate if their employer has met so-called “crisis” standards.

In all other cases, workers, regardless of vaccination status, are being told to isolate for five days and wear a mask for an additional five days.