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This anonymously alerts other WA Notify users they've been near recently of possible exposure to COVID-19. WA Notify users should click the link in the text or tap the notification and follow all the steps to anonymously confirm their results in the app. What should I do if I received a text or notification? What you do next matters and we're here to help. You have been near someone recently who tested positive for COVID-19.

What do the texts and notifications look like?

#Notification popped up sms from private contact how to#

Visit the “ How to notify others if you test positive for COVID-19 with a self-test” section on. WA Notify users who use a self-test (also called at-home tests) and test positive for COVID-19 can request a verification code to anonymously notify other WA Notify users that they may have been exposed to COVID-19. If you'd like to learn more about WA Notify, including how to add it to your phone, visit If you are not a WA Notify user, you can ignore the text. If you are a WA Notify user, you only need to tap the notification or click the link in the text message and follow all the steps in WA Notify to anonymously alert other users of a possible exposure. This notification provides information on how to anonymously notify other WA Notify users that they may have been exposed to COVID-19. Those who test positive for COVID-19 through a lab or provider-based testing service, and who provided a cell phone number with their test, will receive a verification link text message and/or a notification. There are two types of text messages/notifications you may receive by phone. Did you get a text or phone notification from the Washington State Department of Health (DOH)?