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- Increasing Space and Distance
- To avoid this possible exposure, you may want to avoid crowded areas, or keep distance between yourself and others.
- COVID-19 vaccines significantly lowers the risk of getting very sick, being hospitalized, or dying
- Staying Up to Date with COVID-19 Vaccines
- Improving Ventilation and Spending Time Outdoors
- Improving ventilation and filtration can help protect you from getting infected with and spreading the virus that causes COVID-19
- Small particles that people breathe out can contain virus particles. The closer you are to a greater number of people, the more likely you are to be exposed to the virus that causes COVID-19. To avoid this possible exposure, you may want to avoid crowded areas, or keep distance between yourself and others. These actions also protect people who are at high risk for getting very sick from COVID-19 in settings where there are multiple risks for exposure.
- Getting Tested for COVID-19 If Needed
- allows you to take care of yourself and take actions to reduce the chance that you will infect others.
- COVID-19 vaccines help your body develop protection from the virus that causes COVID-19. Although vaccinated people sometimes get infected with the virus that causes COVID-19, staying up to date on COVID-19 vaccines significantly lowers the risk of getting very sick, being hospitalized, or dying from COVID-19. CDC recommends that everyone who is eligible get a booster and stay up to date on their COVID-19 vaccines, especially people with weakened immune systems.
- Staying Home When You Have Suspected or Confirmed COVID-19
- staying home and away from others for at least 5 days
- Improving ventilation (moving air into, out of, or within a room) and filtration (trapping particles on a filter to remove them from the air) can help prevent virus particles from accumulating in indoor air. . Spending time outside when possible instead of inside can also help: Viral particles spread between people more readily indoors than outdoors.
- Wearing Masks or Respirators
- mask are made to protect you by fitting closely on the face to filter out particles
- Get tested if you have COVID-19 symptoms. A viral test tells you if you are infected with the virus that causes COVID-19. There are two types of viral tests: rapid tests and laboratory tests. These tests might use samples from your nose or throat, or saliva. Knowing if you are infected with the virus that causes COVID-19 allows you to take care of yourself and take actions to reduce the chance that you will infect others.
- If you have COVID-19, you can spread it to others, even if you do not have symptoms. If you have symptoms, get tested and stay home until you have your results. If you have tested positive (even without symptoms), follow CDC’s isolation recommendations. These recommendations includes staying home and away from others for at least 5 days (possibly more, depending on how the virus affects you) and wearing a high-quality mask when indoors around others for a period of time.
- Masks are made to contain droplets and particles that you breathe, cough, or sneeze out. A variety of masks are available. Some masks provide a higher level of protection than others.Respirators (for example, N95) are made to protect you by fitting closely on the face to filter out particles, including the virus that causes COVID-19. They can also block droplets and particles you breathe, cough, or sneeze out so you do not spread them to others. Respirators (for example, N95) provide higher protection than masks.
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