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What are Mild-to-Moderate symptoms?
Separate Yourself from Others -- including people and pets. DO NOT USE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
Call your doctor: If you think you have been exposed to COVID-19 and develop a fever and symptoms, such as cough or difficulty breathing, call your healthcare provider for medical advice.
Call your nurse line: Check the number on the back of your insurance card to see if there is a nurseline to call to discuss your symptoms and next steps.
*DO NOT go to your clinic without calling first. Your health care provider will quickly direct you depending upon what you are experiencing.
Assisting with Respiratory Health for Patients with COVID-19 (Summit Professional Education) -- breathing techniques, postural drainage,
Recommendations for Close Contact with Others -- The CDC has outlined recommendations for patients with symptoms and with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 infection. This includes household members, intimate partners, and home health workers in a home care setting.
Cough or sneeze into your elbow or sleeve.
Shave Your Facial Hair -- CDC recommends people shave their facial hair to prevent spread of the virus. See the facial hair styles that will NOT break a mask seal.
Wear an N9 mask / respirators. Don't have one?
- Request a mask from a mask maker
- Request and Offer a mask through mutual aid, a grassroots, person-to-person support through the MN Disabled/Elder/Caregiver Mutual Aid. Sponsored by SEIU Healthcare MN.
- Make your own mask.
How to Safely Put On and Take Off a Mask (YouTube) -- NOTE: it's better to use soap and water for hand washing. Also, DO NOT TOUCH the inside part of the mask.
If you accidentally cough or sneeze into your hand(s), do not touch anything and wash your hands immediately!
Cover Your Cough Poster (Circle Cartoon Person) PDF -- from the Center for Disease Control (CDC)
General Health & Safety -- Continue to practice these protocols.
Seek Financial Help if you need it.
Source: CDC: What to do if you are sick. .
