Risk Assessment and Your Health?

Risk Assessment and 

Your Health?

Who is at risk for infection with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19?

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What is the virus called which causes the coronavirus disease?

COVID-19 is caused by the virus SARS-CoV-2. Feb 21, 2020

Is there a vaccine for the coronavirus disease?

Currently, there is no vaccine to prevent COVID-19. Vaccine developers and other researchers and manufacturers are expediting the development of a vaccine to prevent COVID-19.Oct 6, 2020

While people who are sick or know that they have COVID-19 should isolate at home, COVID-19 can be spread by people who do not have symptoms and do not know that they are infected. That’s why it’s important for everyone to practice social distancing (staying at least 6 feet away from other people) and wear cloth face coverings in public settings. Cloth face coverings provide an extra layer to help prevent the respiratory droplets from traveling in the air and onto other people.

Oct 9, 2020

Wear cloth face coverings in public settings where other social distancing measures are difficult to maintain, such as grocery stores, pharmacies, and gas stations. Cloth face coverings may slow the spread of the virus and help people who may have the virus and do not know it from transmitting it to others.

online, 10/20/2020