Vaccines are the best way to help reduce the risk of severe illness and hospitalization due to COVID-19.

CDC recommends that all people use core prevention strategies to protect themselves and others from COVID-19:

• Stay up to date with COVID-19 vaccines.

  • 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.

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• Practice good hygiene (practices that improve cleanliness)

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• Take steps for cleaner air

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When you are sick:

• Use precautions to prevent spread, including staying home and away from others (including people you live with who are not sick) if you have respiratory symptoms.

  • Learn when you can go back to your normal activities.

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• Seek health care promptly for testing and/or treatment if you have risk factors for severe illness. Treatment may help lower your risk of severe illness, but it needs to be started within a few days of when.......READ MORE.

SOURCE: CDC