Avoid close contact with people who are sick.Avoid touching your eyes, nose, or mouth with unwashed hands.Cover all surfaces of your hands and rub them together until they feel dry If soap and water are not readily available, use a hand sanitizer that contains at least 60% alcohol.Wash your hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds especially after you have been in a public place, or after blowing your nose, coughing, or sneezing.Avoid crowds and poorly ventilated spaces.Keep physically distanced from those outside your household or not fully vaccinated.

Wear a mask - cover your mouth and nose with a mask when in indoor and crowded outdoor public settings.

The following can help prevent the spread of coronaviruses and protect yourself from becoming infected. However, the emergence of novel (new) coronaviruses, such as SARS and MERS, have been associated with more severe respiratory illness. Human coronaviruses are common throughout the world and commonly cause mild to moderate illness in people worldwide. Rarely animal coronaviruses can evolve and infect people and then spread between people. Those who need medical attention should contact their health care provider who will evaluate whether they can be cared for at home or need to be hospitalized.Ĭoronaviruses are a large family of viruses, some causing illness in people, and others that circulate among animals, including camels, cats, and bats. While at home, as much as possible, stay in a specific room and away from other people. Keep in mind there is limited treatment options for COVID-19 and people who are mildly ill can isolate at home. If you are sick and have respiratory symptoms, such as fever or chills, cough, shortness of breath or difficulty breathing, new loss of taste or smell, fatigue, and muscle or body aches, stay home and call your medical provider. Preliminary data suggest older adults and people with underlying health conditions or compromised immune systems seems to be at greater risk of developing serious illness from the virus. Signs and symptoms of COVID-19 include fever, cough, and shortness of breath. It also may be possible 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. Person-to-person spread of COVID-19 appears to be mainly between people who are in close contact with one another (within about 6 feet) through respiratory droplets produced when an infected person coughs or sneezes. The current count of cases of COVID-19 in the United States is available on the CDC webpage at Illinois case totals and test results are listed here. The first cases outside Chicago and Cook County were reported Main Kane and McHenry counties. The first case of COVID-19 in the United States was reported Januand the first confirmed case in Illinois was announced Janu(a Chicago resident). JB Pritzker issued a disaster proclamation Maregarding COVID-19 that gives the state access to federal and state resources to combat the spread of this newly emerged virus.

The World Health Organization announced Mathat the spread of coronavirus qualifies as a global pandemic.

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