What To Do If You Are Sick With Coronavirus? INFOGRAPHIC

C VDI What to do if you are sick with CORONAVIRUS coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) DISEASE 9 1 If you are sick with COVID-19 or suspect you are infected with the virus that causes COVID-19, follow the steps below to help prevent the disease from spreading to people in your home and community. Stay home except to get medical care Clean your hands often You should restrict activities outside your home, except for Wash your hands often with soap and water for at least 20 getting medical care. Do not go to work, school, or public areas. seconds. If soap and water are not available, clean your hands Avoid using public transportation, ride-sharing, or taxis. with an alcohol-based hand sanitizer that contains at least 60% alcohol, covering all surfaces of your hands and rubbing them Separate yourself from other people and animals in together until they feel dry. Soap and water should be used your home preferentially if hands are visibly dirty. Avoid touching your People: As much as possible, you should stay in a specific room eyes, nose, and mouth with unwashed hands. and away from other people in your home. Also, you should use Clean all “high-touch” surfaces every day a separate bathroom, if available. High touch surfaces include counters, tabletops, doorknobs, Animals: Do not handle pets or other animals while sick. See bathroom fixtures, toilets, phones, keyboards, tablets, and COVID-19 and Animals for more information. bedside tables. Also, clean any surfaces that may have blood, stool, or body fluids on them. Use a household cleaning spray Call ahead before visiting your doctor or wipe, according to the label instructions. Labels contain If you have a medical appointment, call the healthcare provider instructions for safe and effective use of the cleaning product and tell them that you have or may have COVID-19. This will including precautions you should take when applying the help the healthcare provider’s office take steps to keep other product, such as wearing gloves and making sure you have good people from getting infected or exposed. ventilation during use of the product. Wear a facemask Monitor your symptoms You should wear a facemask when you are around other people Seek prompt medical attention if your illness is worsening (e.g., (e.g., sharing a room or vehicle) or pets and before you enter difficulty breathing). Before seeking care, call your healthcare a healthcare provider’s office. If you are not able to wear a provider and tell them that you have, or are being evaluated facemask (for example, because it causes trouble breathing), for, COVID-19. Put on a facemask before you enter the facility. then people who live with you should not stay in the same room These steps will help the healthcare provider’s office to keep with you, or they should wear a facemask if they enter other people in the office or waiting room from getting infected your room. or exposed. Cover your coughs and sneezes Ask your healthcare provider to call the local or state health department. Persons who are placed under active monitoring or Cover your mouth and nose with a tissue when you cough or facilitated self-monitoring should follow instructions provided sneeze. Throw used tissues in a lined trash can; immediately by their local health department or occupational health wash your hands with soap and water for at least 20 seconds professionals, as appropriate. or clean your hands with an alcohol-based hand sanitizer that If you have a medical emergency and need to call 911, notify contains at least 60 to 95% alcohol, covering all surfaces of your the dispatch personnel that you have, or are being evaluated hands and rubbing them together until they feel dry. Soap and for COVID-19. If possible, put on a facemask before emergency water should be used preferentially if hands are visibly dirty. medical services arrive. Avoid sharing personal household items Discontinuing home isolation You should not share dishes, drinking glasses, cups, eating Patients with confirmed COVID-19 should remain under home utensils, towels, or bedding with other people or pets in isolation precautions until the risk of secondary transmission your home. After using these items, they should be washed to others is thought to be low. The decision to discontinue home thoroughly with soap and water. isolation precautions should be made on a case-by-case basis, in consultation with healthcare providers and state and local health departments. For more information: www.cdc.gov/COVID19 CS 314937-D 02/24/2020