CDPHE launches COVID-19 self-report option

On Aug. 19, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment announced that Coloradans have access to the latest innovation to the Exposure Notifications service — “self-report.”

Self-reporting allows users to share their test results right away, including results from an at-home test, giving users another option to more quickly and conveniently report a positive COVID-19 test.  

Colorado, in partnership with Google and Apple, developed this feature in response to Coloradans’ requests for ways to more quickly and conveniently report positive COVID-19 cases within the Exposure Notifications Service. Colorado is the first state to roll out this new feature.

“Swift awareness and identification are key to slowing disease transmission in a time when the delta variant is so contagious,” said COVID-19 incident commander Scott Bookman. “CO Exposure Notifications can alert individuals who would otherwise be unaware that they have been exposed to the virus, which is especially important for people who are asymptomatic and are unknowingly spreading the virus.”

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