Public health measures and advice

The most important details in this text are how to protect yourself, your family and your community from COVID-19 and other respiratory illnesses such as influenza (the flu) or respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). To get health advice from a registered nurse or find health services or information, visit Health811 online call 811 call toll-free TTY: 1-866-797-0007 on this page. To stay up to date with routine immunizations, take the COVID-19 self-assessment, the school and child care screener, and the long-term care home screener. To stay home, wash your hands often, cover your mouth when you cough or sneeze regularly, and clean high touch surfaces. The most important details in this text are that if you have symptoms of COVID-19, it is important to stay home and self-isolate until all of the following apply: your symptoms have been improving for at least 24 hours, you do not have a fever, and you have not developed any additional symptoms.

If you develop severe symptoms, call 911 and inform them that you may have COVID-19. If you have severe symptoms, go to the nearest emergency department and continue to take additional precautions for up to 10 days after your symptoms started. If you are immunocompromised and test positive for COVID-19, you should stay home for 10 days and follow the guidance below on testing and treatment. If you test negative, you can stop isolating at home and take additional precautions for up to 10 days after your symptoms started. If you work in a high-risk setting, you should speak with your employer and follow their workplace guidance for return to work. If you are exposed to someone with COVID-19 but have no symptoms, you should take additional precautions for 10 days after your symptoms started, last day of exposure, or positive test result.