PREVENT, SYMPTOMS, TRANSMISSION, WHAT TO DO IF SICK

 

PREVENT

• Wash your hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds. If soap and water are not available, use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer.

• Avoid touching your eyes, nose, and mouth with unwashed hands.

• Avoid close contact with people who are sick.

• Stay home when you are sick.

• Cover your cough or sneeze with a tissue, then throw the tissue in the trash.

• Clean and disinfect frequently touched objects and surfaces.

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SYMPTOMS

Patients with confirmed COVID-19 infection have reportedly had mild to severe respiratory illness with symptoms of:

• Fever

• Cough

• Shortness of breath 

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TRANSMISSION / PROTECTION

• The virus is thought to spread mainly from person-to-person.

• Between people in close contact (about 6 feet).

• Through respiratory droplets produced when an infected person coughs or sneezes.

• It may be possible (but not main method of spread) that a person can get COVID-19 by touching a surface or object that has the virus on it and then touching their own mouth, nose, or possibly their eyes.

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WHAT TO DO IF SICK

• Stay home except to get medical care. Avoid public areas & public transportation.

• Separate yourself from other people in your home as much as possible.

• Call ahead before visiting your doctor and tell them that you have or may have COVID-19.

• Wear a facemask if you are sick when you are around other people.

• Cover your coughs and sneezes with a tissue throw used tissues in a lined trashcan.

• Wash hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds, especially after blowing your nose, coughing, or sneezing; going to the bathroom; and before eating or preparing food.

• Soap and water are the best option if hands are visibly dirty.

• Hand sanitizer: If soap & water not available, hand sanitizer with at least 60% alcohol, covering all surfaces of your hands and rubbing them together until they feel dry.

• Avoid touching your eyes, nose, and mouth with unwashed hands.