Coronavirus News
Coronavirus News and Updates
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is closely monitoring an outbreak of respiratory illness caused by a novel (new) coronavirus first identified in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China.
Resources for State, Local, Territorial and Tribal Health Departments
Staffing Resources
Research Use Only 2019-Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Real-time RT-PCR Primers and Probes
Cases in U.S.
Notification of Exposure: A Contact Tracer's Guide for COVID-19
With extensive participation from US clinical and public health laboratories, academic institutions, and the private sector, the SPHERES consortium aims to generate information about the virus that will strengthen COVID-19 mitigation strategies.
Testing in the U.S.
Communication Resources for Travelers
Cruise Ship Crew Member Disembarkations
Protect Yourself When Using Transportation
Until more information becomes available, precautions should be taken in handling specimens that are suspected or confirmed for SARS-CoV-2.
CDC is aggressively responding to the global outbreak of COVID-19 and preparing for the potential of community spread in the United States.
People Who Need to Take Extra Precautions
Communication Toolkit
Frequently Asked Questions about Laboratory Biosafety and SARS-CoV-2
COVID-19 Travel Recommendations by Country
Public Health Recommendations for People in U.S. Communities Exposed to a Person with Known or Suspected COVID-19, other than Health Workers or other Critical Infrastructure Workers
Learn how to protect therapy and service animals during the COVID-19 pandemic. Follow your local guidance for acceptable business and social practices. Follow CDC's general recommendations for protecting pets from infection, when possible.
Other At-Risk Populations
CDC works with partners to bring together weekly forecasts for COVID-19 deaths in one place. These forecasts have been developed independently and shared publicly. It is important to bring these forecasts together to help understand how they compare with each other and how much uncertainty there is about what may happen in the upcoming four weeks.
Contact Tracing
Learn about COVID-19 forecasts and modeling for new hospitalizations.
Interim Guidance for Collection and Submission of Postmortem Specimens from Deceased Persons Under Investigation (PUI) for COVID-19
COVID-19 Forecasts: New Hospitalizations
FAQ for Healthcare Professionals
This toolkit will help health departments develop their communications with communities about COVID-19 contact tracing.
Identify the Primary Components of COVID-19 Case Investigation and Contact Tracing
COVID-19 By the Numbers
Identify the Primary Components of COVID-19 Case Investigation
Identify the Primary Components of COVID-19 Contact Tracing
Previous COVID-19 Forecasts
The effects of COVID-19 on the health of racial and ethnic minority groups is still emerging; however, current data suggest a disproportionate burden of illness and death among racial and ethnic minority groups. Studies are underway to understand and potentially reduce the impact of COVID-19 on the health of racial and ethnic minorities.
Interim guidance on COVID-19 for agriculture workers and employers
Keeping Workplaces, Homes, Schools, or Commercial Establishments Safe
Tools and resources for occupational safety and health professionals and state and local public health officials assessing meat and poultry processing facilities.
K-12 Schools and Childcare Programs
CDC's role in helping cruise ship travelers during the COVID-19 pandemic
Pets and Other Animals
Seasonal Influenza (Flu)
Special Considerations for Patients on Home Dialysis
If You Have Pets
Most confirmed cases of COVID-19 reported from China have occurred in adults.
Responder Stories
For Parents: Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) associated with COVID-19
Interim Clinical Guidance for Management of Patients with Confirmed Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)
Refugees to the United States, especially those who are recently resettled, may be in living or working conditions that put them at higher risk of getting COVID-19.
How COVID-19 Spreads
Community-level Seroprevalence Surveys
A Marathoner's Take on COVID-19
Support Services
Investigating a COVID-19 Case
Clinical Care Guidance for Healthcare Professionals about Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Resources for Healthcare Professionals Caring for COVID-19 Patients
Large-scale Geographic Seroprevalence Surveys
CDC is aggressively responding to the global outbreak of COVID-19 and preparing for the potential of community spread in the United States.
CDC has guidance for administrators of group homes (GHs) for people with disabilities. GH administrators may consider implementing several strategies to encourage behaviors that reduce the spread of COVID-19.
Considerations for Institutes of Higher Education
The following interim guidance may help prevent workplace exposures to acute respiratory illnesses, including COVID-19, in non-healthcare settings. The guidance also provides planning considerations if there are more widespread, community outbreaks of COVID-19.
Learn how communities can stay safe while resuming school and providing support for parents and guardians returning to work.
Childcare Programs
Schools & Childcare: Guidance for School Settings
COVID-19 spreads mainly from person to person through respiratory droplets produced when an infected person coughs, sneezes, or talks. These droplets can land in the mouths or noses of people who are nearby or possibly be inhaled into the lungs.
Anuncios de servicio público (PSA, por sus siglas en inglés)
Information when managing pediatric patients with confirmed or suspected COVID-19.
Considerations for Youth Sports
This guidance is intended for people living together in close quarters, such as people who share a small apartment, or for people who live in the same household with large or extended families.
Contact Tracing for COVID-19
Information supports healthcare personnel who may care for patients who are confirmed with or under investigation for COVID-19.
Considerations When Preparing for COVID-19 in Assisted Living Facilities
Limited information is available to characterize the spectrum of clinical illness, transmission efficiency, and the duration of viral shedding for persons with novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). This guidance is based on available information about COVID-19 and subject to change as additional information becomes available.
Communication Toolkit for Airlines to inform Travelers and Crew
Travelers Prohibited from Entry to the United States
Today the number of people in the United States who have died from COVID-19 surpassed 100,000. Families, friends, coworkers, loved ones and community members are grieving for each person who has been lost to this disease.
Resources for Businesses and Employers
First Responders and Law Enforcement
Interim Guidance for Mass Transit Administrators
Coronavirus and Travel in the United States
Cloth face coverings should be washed after each use. It is important to always remove face coverings correctly and. Wash your hands after handling or touching a used face covering.
What You Can Do
Antibody Testing At-A-Glance Recommendations for Professionals
Using Antibody Tests for COVID-19
Informational web page with links to provide relevant COVID-19 information for sanitation and wastewater workers
Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for Triage of Suspected COIVD-19 Patients in non-US Healthcare Settings
Travel: Frequently Asked Questions and Answers
Considerations for Pharmacies during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Screening clients for respiratory infection symptoms at entry to homeless shelters
CDC has published guidance to support Direct Service Providers (DSPs), including personal care attendants, direct support professionals, paraprofessionals, therapists, and others as they support people with disabilities for COVID-19.
This guidance is intended to inform Direct Service Providers, caregivers, parents, and people with developmental and behavioral disorders on accommodations, modifications, and assistance related to COVID-19 preparation and response.
Guidance on the cleaning and disinfection of households where persons under investigation (PUI) or those with confirmed COVID-19 reside or may be in self-isolation.
Environmental Cleaning and Disinfection Recommendations
Key Resources
CDC offers considerations for ways in which operators can protect employees, customers, and communities and slow the spread of COVID-19.
COVID-19 Employer Information for Office Buildings
Funeral Guidance for Individuals and Families
As part of your everyday prevention actions clean and disinfect frequently touched surfaces and objects. For example: tables, countertops, light switches, doorknobs, and cabinet handles.
People with Developmental and Behavioral Disorders
Community Mitigation Framework
Depending on your travel history, you will be asked to stay home for a period of 14 days from the time you left an area with widespread or ongoing community spread.
Considerations for Public Pools, Hot Tubs, and Water Playgrounds During COVID-19
Financial Resources
COVID-19 Mathematical Modeling
Building Community Support
Confidentiality and Consent
Digital Contact Tracing Tools
Special Considerations for Health Departments
Managing Investigations During an Outbreak
Interim Guidance on Developing a COVID-19 Case Investigation & Contact Tracing Plan: Overview
If you have or think you might have COVID-19, it is important to stay home and away from other people. Staying away from others helps stop the spread of COVID-19.
As communities across the United States take steps to slow the spread of COVID-19 by limiting close contact, people are facing new challenges and questions about how to meet basic household needs, such as buying groceries and medicine, and completing banking activities. The following information provides advice about how to meet these household needs in a safe and healthy manner.
Public Service Announcements (PSAs)
Data Management for Assigning and Managing Investigations
How to Get CDC's COVID-19 Diagnostic Test and Supplies
Scaling Up Staffing Roles in Case Investigation and Contact Tracing
Interim Additional Guidance for Outpatient and Ambulatory Care Settings: Responding to Community Transmission of COVID-19 in the United States
Training Case Investigators and Contact Tracers
Evaluating Case Investigation and Contact Tracing Success
When to Initiate Case Investigation and Contact Tracing Activities
Tribal Communities
Evaluating and Reporting Persons Under Investigation (PUI)
Institutions of higher education (IHE), working together with local health departments, have an important role in slowing the spread of diseases, and protecting vulnerable students, staff, and faculty to help ensure a safe and healthy learning environment.
COVID-19Surge
If you are sick with COVID-19 or suspect you are infected with the virus that causes COVID-19, you should take steps to help prevent the disease from spreading to people in your home and community.
CDC Diagnostic Test for COVID-19
FAQs for Administrators and Leaders at Community- and Faith-Based Organizations
Resources for Community and Faith-Based Leaders
Interim Guidance for Communities of Faith
This page includes interim guidance and resources for laboratory professionals working with specimens from persons under investigation (PUI) for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
Interim Guidelines for COVID-19 Antibody Testing
Antibody Testing for COVID-19
Antibody Testing
Use of Cloth Face Coverings to Help Slow the Spread of COVID-19
Across America, states and localities are experiencing different stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. Many state and local officials have determined to begin moving gradually and strategically toward reopening their regions. Today, CDC published guidance to help prevent exposures to COVID-19 in facilities used by communities of faith and to keep their staff and attendees as healthy as possible as they exercise their faith.
Cloth face coverings are an additional step to help slow the spread of COVID-19 when combined with every day preventive actions and social distancing in public settings.
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Health care providers should contact their local/state health department immediately to notify them of patients with fever and lower respiratory illness who they suspect may have COVID-19.
Guidance for healthcare professionals who have the potential for direct or indirect exposure to patients or infectious materials.
Steps that healthcare facilities can take to prepare for an outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) among patients and staff.
Get ready! Steps you take to prepare your clinic for flu also can help protect your patients and healthcare workers from COVID-19.
Going Out
Contact Tracing
COVID-19 Contact Tracing Training Guidance and Resources
Resuming Business Toolkit
Environmental health practitioners and rodent control programs: rodent activity is increasing in some jurisdictions. Rodent control and surveillance are critical for protecting public health during responses to natural disasters and public health emergencies. Learn how to address community-wide rodent activity in your area.
Key Information to Collect During a Case Interview
Communication Toolkit for Transportation Partners to Inform Road Travelers
How to Make Cloth Face Coverings
Dental Settings
Key Strategies to Prepare for COVID-19 in Long-term Care Facilities (LTCFs)
Cleaning and Disinfecting
Across America, states and localities are experiencing different phases of the COVID-19 pandemic. Many have chosen to begin moving gradually and strategically toward resuming civic life. To help states, tribes, localities, and territories, as well as businesses and community organizations operate as safely as possible during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Reporting COVID-19 Laboratory Data
Help Children Learn at Home
Caring for Children
Recomendaciones interinas para la prevención y el control de infecciones en la atención de pacientes con enfermedad del coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) confirmada o personas bajo investigación por COVID 19 en entornos de atención médica.
Talking with children about Coronavirus Disease 2019
COVID-19 Pandemic Planning Scenarios
Resources and interim guidelines for laboratory professionals working with specimens from persons with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
Healthcare Provider and Facility Guidance for Non-US Settings
Help Stop the Spread of COVID-19 in Children
Evaluation and Management Considerations for Neonates At Risk for COVID-19
Publications about COVID-19 for Laboratories
Previous U.S. COVID-19 Case Data
Frequently Asked Questions about Coronavirus (COVID-19) for Laboratories
Children and Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): Tips to keep children healthy while school's out
These infection prevention and control considerations are for healthcare facilities providing obstetric care for pregnant patients with confirmed coronavirus disease (COVID-19) or pregnant persons under investigation (PUI) in inpatient obstetric healthcare settings including obstetrical triage, labor and delivery, recovery and inpatient postpartum settings.
Describe a Team Lead's Role in Training and Development
Resources for Institutes of Higher Education
Testing for Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Nursing Homes
Describe the Qualities, Skills, And Styles of Effective COVID-19 Case Investigation and Contract Tracing Leads
Monitor Performance of Case Investigation and Contact Tracers
Người lao động và nhà sử dụng lao động có thể làm gì để quản lý sự mệt mỏi tại nơi làm việc trong đại dịch COVID-19
Lo que pueden hacer empleados y empleadores para manejar la fatiga laboral durante el COVID-19
COVID-19 상황에서 직장의 피로 관리를 위해 근로자와 고용주가 할 수 있는 사항
在 COVID-19 期间，员工和雇主可以采取什么措施来处理工作疲劳的问题
Additional COVID-19 Guidance for Caregivers of People Living with Dementia in Community Settings
What Construction Workers Need to Know about COVID-19
CDC offers considerations for ways in which schools can help protect students, teachers, administrators, and staff and slow the spread of COVID-19.
Performing Facility-wide SARS-CoV-2 Testing in Nursing Homes
Topics for Team Leads
Identify Time Management Practices for Case Investigation and Contact Tracing Leads
Interim guidance for homeless service providers to plan and respond to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
What Workers and Employers Can Do to Manage Workplace Fatigue during COVID-19
COVID-19発生中に職場での疲労を管理するために労働者と雇用主ができること
Was Arbeitnehmer und Arbeitgeber tun können, um mit der Müdigkeit am Arbeitsplatz während COVID-19 umzugehen
O que trabalhadores e empregadores podem fazer para gerir a fadiga no local de trabalho durante a COVID-19
CDC offers considerations for ways in which camp administrators can help protect campers, staff, and communities, and slow the spread of COVID-19.
Social Media Toolkit
Preventing COVID-19 spread in schools, workplaces, and communities.
Protect Yourself and Others from COVID-19 When Visiting Parks and Recreational Facilities
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is delivering $11 billion in new funding to support testing for COVID-19. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will provide $10.25 billion to states, territories, and local jurisdictions through CDC's existing Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity for Prevention and Control of Emerging Infectious Diseases (ELC) cooperative agreement.
Helping Children Cope
John Brooks: Looking for Clues
Strategies for Optimizing the Supply of PPE
CDC Seroprevalence Survey Types
COVID-19 Serology Surveillance
COVID-19 Serology Surveillance Strategy
Recommendation Regarding the Use of Cloth Face Coverings, Especially in Areas of Significant Community-Based Transmission
What Long-haul Truck Drivers Need to Know about COVID-19
Child Care Decision Tool
Mass Transit Decision Tool
Checklist for Homeless Service Providers During Community Re-opening
Identify Strategies to Reduce Spread of COVID-19
Evaluation for SARS-CoV-2 Testing in Animals
Interim Guidance for Public Health Professionals Managing People With COVID-19 in Home Care and Isolation Who Have Pets or Other Animals
Worker Safety and Support
Topics for Contact Tracers
Analyze Contact Tracing Encounters for Continuous Quality Improvement
Identify Jurisdiction-Specific Contact Tracing Tools and Protocols
Apply COVID-19 Contact Tracing Protocol to Realistic Scenarios
Define COVID-19 Contact Tracing Protocol
Youth Programs and Camps Decision Tool
Identify Jurisdiction-Specific Case Investigation Tools
Topics for Case Investigators
Restaurants and Bars Decision Tool
Schools Decision Tool
Workplace Decision Tool
Interim Infection Prevention and Control Guidance for Veterinary Clinics During the COVID-19 Response
CDC Response Corps to Support State, Tribal, Local, and Territorial Health Departments
Factors to Consider When Planning to Purchase Respirators from Another Country
Resources for Correctional and Detention Facilities
Learn about hospital surveillance (rates) and how that information helps find who is most at risk for severe illness and death, including important demographic information
State, Territorial, Local and Tribal Health Department Search
Stress and Coping
Laboratory Capacity
Apply COVID-19 Online Knowledge and Case Investigating Protocol to Realistic Scenarios
Analyze Case Investigation Encounters for Continuous Quality
Describe COVID-19 Case Investigation Protocol
COVID-19 is a new disease and there is limited information regarding risk factors for severe disease. Based on currently available information and clinical expertise, older adults and people of any age who have serious underlying medical conditions might be at higher risk for severe illness from COVID-19.
If You Are Immunocompromised, Protect Yourself From COVID-19
Groups at Higher Risk for Severe Illness
Frequently Asked Questions on COVID-19 Testing at Laboratories
Environmental Health Practitioners
Guidance intended to provide key actions that local and state health departments, homelessness service systems, housing authorities, emergency planners, healthcare facilities, and homeless outreach services can take to protect people experiencing homelessness from the spread of COVID-19.
CDC laboratories' work in response to the novel coronavirus pandemic.
Interim Operational Considerations for Public Health Management of Healthcare Workers Exposed to or Infected with COVID-19: non-US Healthcare Settings
We do not have information from published scientific reports about the susceptibility of pregnant women to COVID-19.
What to Do if Your Pet Tests Positive for the Virus that Causes COVID-19
Guidance for Meat and Poultry Processing Workers and Employers
Manufacturing Workers and Employers
To aid healthcare professionals and hospitals, CDC has developed two checklists that identify key actions that can be taken now to enhance preparedness for potential or confirmed patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
Considerations for Memory Care Units in Long-term Care Facilities
Framework for Healthcare Systems Providing Non-COVID-19 Clinical Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Youth Experiencing Homelessness
A different kind of outbreak
Travelers Returning from Cruise Ship and River Cruise Voyages
Training for Healthcare Professionals
Guidance for U.S. Healthcare Facilities about Coronavirus (COVID-19)
FAQs for Wildland Firefighters
What Maritime Pilots Need to Know about COVID-19
Test for Current Infection
When to wear gloves
Resources for large community events and mass gatherings
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Checklist: Older Persons
List Requirements for Protecting Health Information
Most people who get sick with COVID-19 will have only mild illness and should recover at home. Care at home can help stop the spread of COVID-19 and help protect people who are at risk for getting seriously ill from COVID-19.
You can plan and make decisions now that will protect you and your family during a COVID-19 outbreak. Learn what you can do to prepare your home and family.
Steps to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 if you are sick
Additional Training Objectives
Infection Prevention and Control Assessment Tool for Nursing Homes Preparing for COVID-19
Here is what you can do to prepare your family in case COVID-19 spreads in your community.
Reopening Guidance for Cleaning and Disinfecting Public Spaces, Workplaces, Businesses, Schools, and Homes
What Waste Collectors and Recyclers Need to Know about COVID-19
This interim guidance is intended for organizers and staff responsible for planning mass gatherings or large community events in the United States. A mass gathering is a planned or spontaneous event with a large number of people in attendance that could strain the planning and response resources of the community hosting the event, such as a concert, festival, conference, or sporting event.
Shared and Congregate Housing
Guidance for Cleaning and Disinfecting
Guidance for Building Water Systems
Transportation and Delivery
Guidance on preparing for, preventing, and managing the spread of COVID-19 in correctional and detention facilities.
Retirement Communities and Independent Living
Quarantine and Isolation
Social Distancing, Quarantine, and Isolation
Arriving Passengers Health Card
COVID-19 Critical Infrastructure Sector Response Planning
Healthcare Personnel and First Responders: How to Cope with Stress and Build Resilience During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Operational Considerations for Personal Protective Equipment in the Context of Global Supply Shortages for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic: non-US Healthcare Settings
What to Know About Liver Disease and COVID-19
Employees: How to Cope with Job Stress and Build Resilience During the COVID-19 Pandemic
CDC Grows SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, in Cell Culture
Guidance for return to work healthcare personnel (HCP) with confirmed COVID-19, or who have suspected COVID-19 (e.g., developed symptoms of a respiratory infection [e.g., cough, sore throat, shortness of breath, fever] but did not get tested for COVID-19).
Care for Breastfeeding Women
Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) is a disease caused by the newly emerged coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. To prevent further spread of SARS-CoV-2 and to collect information to better understand the virus and its impact on health outcomes, CDC has developed a form that provides a standardized approach to reporting COVID-19 cases (individuals with at least one respiratory specimen that tested positive for the virus that causes COVID-19). These data are needed to track the impact of the outbreak and inform public health response.
Symptom-Based Strategy to Discontinue Isolation for Persons with COVID-19
General Business Frequently Asked Questions
Riding the first wave of CDC's COVID-19 response at ports of entry
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
COVID-19 Considerations for Cleaner Air Shelters and Cleaner Air Spaces to Protect the Public from Wildfire Smoke
Ten Ways Healthcare Systems Can Operate Effectively during the COVID-19 Pandemic
If you are a close contact of someone with COVID-19 or you are a resident in a community where there is ongoing spread of COVID-19 and develop symptoms of COVID-19, call your healthcare provider and tell them about your symptoms and your exposure.
CDC's office in Fort Collins ships 9 tons of stockpiled protective equipment to public health agencies and CDC teams around the world.
Communication Resources
Stress and Coping
Animals and Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
Older adults, 65 years and older, are at higher risk for severe illness. COVID-19 is a new disease and we are learning more about it every day.
What School Nutrition Professionals and Volunteers at Schools Need to Know about COVID-19
Responding to Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Nursing Homes
Ten Clinical Tips on COVID-19 for Healthcare Providers Involved in Patient Care
This new guidance offers a series of strategies or options to optimize supplies of disposable medical gloves in healthcare settings when there is limited supply.
Decontamination and Reuse of Filtering Facepiece Respirators using Contingency and Crisis Capacity Strategies
This guidance is to assist healthcare facilities in mitigating healthcare personnel staffing shortages that might occur because of COVID-19.
Contact Tracing : Part of a Multipronged Approach to Fight the COVID-19 Pandemic
Cleaning and Disinfecting Your Facility
This web page contains COVID-19 staffing guidance for state, tribal, local, and territorial health departments.
Living in Shared Housing
Global COVID-19
FAQs for Law Enforcement Agencies and Personnel
COVID-19 Guidance for Shared or Congregate Housing
Information for Clinicians on Therapeutic Options for COVID-19 Patients
This page includes information about Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) for travelers and travel-related industries.
Cases & Deaths by County
COVID-19 Buttons and Badges
Assessing Risk Factors for Severe COVID-19 Illness
Strategies for Optimizing Supply of N95 Respirators
Management of Visitors to Healthcare Facilities in the Context of COVID-19: Non-US Healthcare Settings
Guidance on the use of PPE for healthcare personnel caring for patients with confirmed or possible SARS-CoV-2 infection.
Assessing & Managing Risk Based on Different Exposures to COVID-19
Information for Healthcare Providers: COVID-19 and Pregnant Women
People Experiencing Homelessness
For Child Care Programs That Remain Open
Homelessness and COVID-19 FAQs
Guía para las instituciones de educación superior
Institutes of Higher Education
Infection Prevention and Control in Diverse Settings
Interim Guidance for Implementing Safety Practices for Critical Infrastructure Workers Who May Have Had Exposure to a Person with Suspected or Confirmed COVID-19
Elastomeric Respirators: Strategies During Conventional and Surge Demand Situations
Considerations for Optimizing the Supply of Powered Air-Purifying Respirators (PAPRs)
Surveillance and Data Analytics
What Firefighters and EMS Providers Need to Know about COVID-19
Actions that persons and communities can take to help slow the transmission of the virus in communities.
Links to CDC Communication tools and materials
What Rideshare, Taxi, Limo, and other Passenger Drivers-for-Hire Need to Know about COVID-19
What Food and Grocery Pick-up and Delivery Drivers Need to Know about COVID-19
What Mail and Parcel Delivery Drivers Need to Know about COVID-19
Considerations for Providing Hemodialysis to Patients with Suspected or Confirmed COVID-19 in Acute Care Settings
Checklist for Healthcare Facilities: Strategies for Optimizing the Supply of N95 Respirators during the COVID-19 Response
Steps to Stay Safe
What Airline Catering Kitchen Workers Need to Know about COVID-19
What Airport Retail or Food Service Workers Need to Know about COVID-19
Print Resources
Guidance for the Identification of Healthcare Workers and Inpatients with Suspected COVID-19 in non-US Healthcare Settings
Control de infecciones
What Bus Transit Operators Need to Know About COVID-19
What Rail Transit Operators Need to Know About COVID-19
What Transit Maintenance Workers Need to Know About COVID-19
What Aircraft Maintenance Workers Need to Know about COVID-19
Guidance on the cleaning and disinfection of rooms or areas of those with suspected or with confirmed
Social Distancing for Tribal Communities with Local COVID-19 Transmission
Interim Guidance for Conserving and Extending Filtering Facepiece Respirator Supply in Non-Healthcare Sectors
Frequently Asked Questions: Funeral and Burial Services for American Indians and Alaska Natives
This document is intended for use by federal, state, local, and tribal jurisdictions in the United States. It should be used in conjunction with existing cooling center operation and management plans, procedures, guidance, resources, and systems.
Interim guidance for administrators of US childcare programs and K-12 schools
FAQs for administrators, staff, people who are incarcerated, families
Preventing the Spread of COVID-19 in Retirement Communities and Independent Living Facilities (Interim Guidance)
Guidance for Administrators in Parks and Recreational Facilities
As part of the risk assessment and public health management of persons with potential COVID-19, public health personnel will typically conduct interviews and assess these individuals for fever or other symptoms of COVID-19.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced today the extension of a No Sail Order for all cruise ships.
Guidance Documents
You can take steps to protect the health of you and your family during a COVID-19 outbreak. Learn what you can do to plan and prepare.
People with Disabilities
Snapshot of CDC Guidance for Homeless and Meal Service Providers for Emergency and Day Shelters
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Burn Rate Calculator
Strategic priority infection prevention and control (IPC) activities for containment and prevention of COVID-19 cases at healthcare facilities in non-US settings
CDC is modifying existing surveillance systems to track COVID-19, and posted the first of what will be a weekly surveillance report called, "COVIDView."
Cloth Face Coverings: Questions and Answers
Prepare your Small Business and Employees for the Effects of COVID-19
What Airline Customer Service Representatives and Gate Agents Need to Know about COVID-19
CDC has become aware that members of the general public are receiving calls appearing to originate from CDC through caller ID, or they are receiving scammer voice mail messages saying the caller is from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Some calls are requesting donations.
Know the facts about coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and help stop the spread of rumors. For up-to-date information, visit CDC's coronavirus disease 2019 situation summary page.
COVID-19 can affect your respiratory tract (nose, throat, lungs), cause an asthma attack, and possibly lead to pneumonia and acute respiratory disease.
Graphics and Images
What Law Enforcement Personnel Need to Know about Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
Steps to disinfect your facility if someone is sick.
Reducing Stigma
Due to extensive community transmission of COVID -19 in the area, CDC urges residents of New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut to refrain from non-essential domestic travel for 14 days effective immediately.
This interim guidance is to help household members plan for community transmission of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the United States. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) encourages household members to prepare for the possibility of a COVID-19 outbreak in their community.
Respuestas a las preguntas más frecuentes
When we issued the self-quarantining guidance for greater New York City residents leaving this area, it was out of an abundance of caution to help protect U.S. areas with lower levels of COVID-19 spread.
Florida Community Mitigation
Photos of MERS-CoV and additional information for general public, media, healthcare professionals and laboratories...
There are no US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved drugs specifically for the treatment of patients with COVID-19. At present clinical management includes infection prevention and control measures and supportive care, including supplementary oxygen and mechanical ventilatory support when indicated. An array of drugs approved for other indications as well as several investigational drugs are being studied in several hundred clinical trials that are underway across the globe. The purpose of this document is to provide information on two of the approved drugs (chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine) and one of the investigational agents (remdesivir) currently in use in the United States.
Retirement Communities and Independent Living Facilities
Guidance for staff at local and state health departments, infection prevention and control professionals, and healthcare personnel who are coordinating the home care and isolation1 of people with confirmed or suspected COVID-19 infection, including persons under investigation.
Guide to strategies for allocating stockpiled ventilators to healthcare systems and facilities during the COVID-19 response.
Introduction of COVID-19 into a long-term residential care facility in Washington resulted in cases among 81 residents, 34 staff members, and 14 visitors; 23 persons died. Limitations in effective infection control and prevention and staff members working in multiple facilities contributed to intra- and interfacility spread.
This first preliminary description of outcomes among patients with COVID-19 in the United States indicates that fatality was highest in persons aged ≥85, ranging from 10% to 27%, followed by 3% to 11% among persons aged 65-84 years, 1% to 3% among persons aged 55-64 years, <1% among persons aged 20-54 years, and no fatalities among persons aged ≤19 years.
Although the risk of serious illness from COVID-19 for people with HIV is not known, people with HIV may have concerns and questions related to their risk.
FAQs for administrators for institutes of higher education
Purpose: This document offers a series of strategies or options to optimize supplies of facemasks in healthcare settings when there is limited supply. It does not address other aspects of pandemic planning; for those, healthcare facilities can refer to COVID-19 preparedness plans.
Purpose: This document offers a series of strategies or options to optimize supplies of eye protection in healthcare settings when there is limited supply. It does not address other aspects of pandemic planning; for those, healthcare facilities can refer to COVID-19 preparedness plans.
Initial Investigation of Transmission of COVID-19 Among Crew Members During Quarantine of a Cruise Ship - Yokohama, Japan, February 2020
Purpose: This document offers a series of strategies or options to optimize supplies of isolation gowns in healthcare settings when there is limited supply. It does not address other aspects of pandemic planning; for those, healthcare facilities can refer to COVID-19 preparedness plans.
New Rochelle, New York (Westchester County) Community Mitigation
Massachusetts Community Mitigation
Santa Clara County, California Community Mitigation
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Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Surveillance and Containment Measures for the First 100 Patients with COVID-19 in Singapore - January 2-February 29, 2020
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Water Transmission and COVID-19
Guidance for all first responders, including law enforcement, fire services, emergency medical services, and emergency management officials, who anticipate close contact with persons with confirmed or possible COVID-19 in the course of their work.
Recommended Precautions for Preventing Spread of COVID-19 in Election Polling Locations
Guidance for Institutions of Higher Education with Students Participating in International Travel or Study Abroad Programs
Updated Guidance on Evaluating and Testing Persons for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
COVID-19 and Cruise Ship Travel
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Active Monitoring of Persons Exposed to Patients with Confirmed COVID-19 - United States, January-February 2020
MMWR: Public Health Response to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Outbreak- United States
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