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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.
CDC COVID Data Tracker - Cases and Deaths by State
Federal staffing resources for health departments.
Dr. Robert Redfield signed a declaration determining that the evictions of tenants could be detrimental to public health control measures to slow the spread COVID-19
To help prevent the spread of COVID-19 and help our country cope during the pandemic, CDC has occasionally issued legally binding orders and regulations. They are listed here.
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.
Coronavirus (COVID-19) Home Page
This webpage describes the criteria for and status of cruise ship response plans required for crew disembarkation with commercial travel.
A review of the week's key data from CDC's COVID Data Tracker, narrative interpretations, and visualizations.
Health Equity in Action
Quarantine If You Might Be Sick
This information will help you prepare for your COVID-19 vaccination.
The CDC has designed a toolkit to help community-based organizations (CBOs) educate communities about new COVID-19 vaccines.
Animals and Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
Interim public health recommendations describing the type of activities people who are fully vaccinated can do once fully vaccinated.
Learn about COVID-19 forecasts and modeling for new hospitalizations.
Learn about COVID-19 forecasts and modeling for new cases.
Forecasts show national and state level cumulative reported and predicted deaths since the beginning of the pandemic. CDC is working with partners to bring together weekly COVID-19 forecasts in one place.
CDC is learning more about how COVID-19 spreads and affects people and communities. Learn more by viewing scientific briefs and agendas.
The risks of SARS-CoV-2 infection in fully vaccinated people cannot be completely eliminated, but the benefits of relaxing some measures may outweigh the residual risk. This page offers background rationale and data for public health recommendations for fully vaccinated people.
Recommendations on what activities people can do after they have been fully vaccinated, including how to gather safely with vaccinated and unvaccinated people.
Frequently Asked Questions regarding travel during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Because COVID-19 is a new disease with new vaccines, you may have questions about what happens before, during, and after your appointment to get vaccinated. These tips will help you know what to expect when you get vaccinated, what information your provider will give you, and resources you can use to monitor your health after you are vaccinated.
This page includes information about Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) for travelers and travel-related industries.
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This registry collects health information from pregnant people who get vaccinated. This helps to expand vaccine safety data to further ensure vaccine safety.
COVID-19 vaccines are safe and effective. Millions of people in the United States have received COVID-19 vaccines, and these vaccines will undergo the most intensive safety monitoring in U.S. history. CDC recommends you get a COVID-19 vaccine as soon as you are eligible. Adverse events described on this page have been reported to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS).
The best way to prevent COVID-19 infection is to avoid exposure to this virus and follow these everyday preventative actions.
States and jurisdictions assess their efforts at vaccinating their community and monitor the percentage of the vaccine supply delivered that has been administered.
Ongoing mitigation guidance, mitigation guidance, and prevention and support for shared or congregate housing facilities and retirement communities.
This report provides an overview of the multiple channels being used to ensure all Americans have access to COVID-19 vaccine. Jurisdictional delivery and administration portfolios vary across the United States because of population variability.
CDC recommends COVID-19 vaccination for everyone 12 years of age and older to help protect against COVID-19. Children 12 years of age and older are able to get the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine.
Healthcare Facilities That Have Implemented COVID-19 Electronic Case Reporting
Explore CDC's considerations for institutes of higher education regarding COVID-19.
Some travel activities, like staying at guest lodgings, can increase your risk of getting COVID-19. Your chances of exposure are higher if you come into close contact with others, especially people you don't know, or use shared public facilities.
If you receive a Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, you will need 2 shots to get the most protection.
Translated COVID-19 prevention messages for migrants, refugees, and other limited-English-proficient populations, to reach them in their native languages.
Learn what agriculture employers, partner agencies, and partner organizations need to know during COVID-19.​
This page describes how case investigators and contact tracers can provide vaccination support.
Provides suggestions to assist disaster response shelter management and staff in taking appropriate actions for reducing the possibility of COVID-19 spread among shelter staff, volunteers, residents, and visitors before, during, or after a disaster
The goals of CDC's global response to COVID-19 are to limit human-to- human transmission, minimize the impact of COVID-19 in vulnerable countries with limited preparedness capacity, and reduce specific threats that pose current and future risk to the United States.
Risk of COVID-19 hospitalization and death by age group
Vaccine equity and addressing vaccine disparities among racial and ethnic minority groups
Risk of COVID-19 hospitalization and death by race/ethnicity
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.
Take this quiz to test your knowledge and learn about COVID-19 vaccines.
Children younger than 12 are not yet eligible to get vaccinated. And other family members who have a weakened immune system may need to keep taking steps to protect themselves after they're fully vaccinated. Here are some ways to help protect family members.
Find answers to common questions about v-safe, the after vaccination health checker used to report vaccine side effects.
Most confirmed cases of COVID-19 reported from China have occurred in adults.
Antibody Testing
This guidance addresses general safety concerns for laboratory personnel during the COVID-19 pandemic. It includes recommendations for risk assessments, health and safety plans, social distancing, face coverings, disinfection, and personal hygiene.
CDC is offering manfacturers and test developers the right of reference to the CDC Influenza SARS-CoV-2 (Flu SC2) Multiplex Assay.
Communication Resources for Travelers regarding travel health alerts and COVID-19.
What to do if a Student Becomes Sick at School or Reports a New COVID-19 Diagnosis Flowchart
Strategies for administrators and staff to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in Adult Day Service Centers (ADSCs). ADSCs provide social or health services to community-dwelling adults aged 65 and over and adults of any age living with disability.
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is most often spread from person to person among close contacts (about 6 feet).
A review of all available data at this time shows that the J&J/Janssen COVID-19 vaccine's known and potential benefits outweigh its known and potential risks.
How to Get CDC's COVID-19 Diagnostic Test and Supplies
Research-use-only primers and probes for CDC's Multiplex Assay for influenza and SARS-CoV-2
CDC's multiplex assay simultaneously detects influenza A virus, influenza B virus, and SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
Heart conditions associated with COVID-19 include inflammation and damage to the heart muscle itself, known as myocarditis, or inflammation of the covering of the heart, known as pericarditis.
People with Disabilities
Preventing COVID-19 spread in schools, workplaces, and communities.
COVID-19 Guidance for Operating Early Care and Education/Child Care Programs
Schools & Childcare: Guidance for School Settings
Guidance for COVID-19 Prevention in Kindergarten (K)-12 Schools
COVID-19 transmission in schools is associated with community transmission. Transmission spread within schools can be limited with strict implementation of layered mitigation strategies.
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.
This CDC webpage provides guidance on the regulatory requirements for SARS-CoV-2 POC testing, using POC tests safely, and information on reporting POC test results.
Customizable COVID-19 Vaccination Content for Health Departments and Other Public Health Partners
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.
High-density urban areas, including global big cities, may face challenges implementing COVID-19 mitigation measures due to space limitations within and between households and limited water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) infrastructure. This document offers suggestions for community mitigation measures in densely populated, international, low-resource settings.
CDC is learning more about how COVID-19 spreads and affects people and communities. Read more about what we're finding out in our CDC publications, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report and Emerging Infectious Diseases.
Vaccinating LTCF residents will save lives. Making sure LTCF residents can receive COVID-19 vaccination as soon as vaccines are available will help save the lives of those who are most at risk of dying from COVID-19. According to ACIP's recommendations, long-term care facility residents include adults who reside in facilities that provide a range of services, including medical and personal care, to persons who are unable to live independently. The communal nature of LTCFs and the population served (generally older adults often with underlying medical conditions) puts facility residents at increased risk of infection and severe illness from COVID-19
Information and frequently asked questions about requirement for proof of negative COVID-19 test or recovery from COVID-19 for all air passengers arriving in the United States
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.
Pregnant people need to take steps to protect themselves and stay healthy during the COVID-19.
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.
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.
Help Stop the Spread of COVID-19 in Children
Publications from CDC lab professionals during the 2019 novel coronavirus outbreak.
Coronavirus Self-Checker is a tool to help you make decisions on when to seek testing and appropriate medical care.
We do not have information from published scientific reports about the susceptibility of pregnant women to COVID-19.
Overview of Testing for SARS-CoV-2
The CDC has designed a toolkit to help community-based organizations (CBOs) educate communities about new COVID-19 vaccines.
Find national and local rates for COVID cases and deaths in the United States.
Resources for Correctional and Detention Facilities
Guidance for laboratories on the appropriate use of pooling strategies for SARS-CoV-2 testing
Testing in the U.S.
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.
Lower the likelihood of being exposed to COVID-19 by meeting people who don't live with you outdoors. Read options for indoor and outdoor activities.
Healthcare personnel who are pregnant or breastfeeding may get vaccinated for COVID-19, but there are many considerations that go into that decision.
CDC's COVID Data Tracker provides COVID-19 vaccination data in the United States, including Demographic Characteristics of People Receiving COVID-19 Vaccinations in the United States.
CDC general principles for COVID and what CDC is doing to support contact tracing.
Learn the key things you need to know about the new COVID-19 vaccines.
COVID-19 vaccines are safe and effective. However, some people who are fully vaccinated will still get COVID-19 if they are exposed to the virus that causes it.
The Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine is an mRNA vaccine that requires 2 shots, 21 days apart. Learn about safety data, efficacy, and clinical trial demographics.
COVID-19 vaccination will help protect you from getting COVID-19. Learn about possible side effects and some helpful tips to relieve side effects.
Contact tracing is a key component of controlling transmission of infectious diseases. This document is for CDC country offices, ministries of health, sub-national public health authorities, and other implementing partners in non-US settings. While select adaptations may be relevant for any jurisdiction, the document focuses on adaptations that might be especially useful in low- and middle-income countries.
J&J's Janssen COVID-19 vaccine is a viral vector vaccine that requires only 1 shot. Learn about safety data, efficacy, and clinical trial demographics.
CDC and its partners are monitoring reports of myocarditis and pericarditis. CDC continues to recommend COVID-19 vaccination for everyone 12 years of age and older.
It is critically important for the nation's COVID-19 pandemic response to understand the genetic diversity, spread, and evolution of SARS-CoV-2, including variant viruses. This guidance for reporting SARS-CoV-2 sequencing will improve that understanding.
Workplaces and Businesses
CDC offers a readiness and planning tool to share ways school administrators can help protect students, staff, and communities, and slow the spread of COVID-19. This tool aligns with the Operational Considerations for Schools for low resource non-US settings.
People with disabilities and those who support them can take steps to prevent illness and stay healthy during the COVID-19 pandemic.
This toolkit will help health departments develop their communications with communities about COVID-19 contact tracing.
COVID-19 Contact Tracing Training Guidance and Resources
The CDC has designed a toolkit to help pediatricians educate communities about new COVID-19 vaccines.
CDC's COVID Data Tracker provides county-level COVID-19 vaccination data in the United States. This site provides an integrated, county view of key data for monitoring the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. It allows users to explore standardized data
Frequently Asked Questions from Aquatics Operators and Managers
Variants of SARS-CoV-2 have been detected in the U.S. and around the world. Learn about surveillance methods CDC uses to keep track of variants.
Find information on managing breastfeeding patients with confirmed or suspected COVID-19.
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.
If you have an underlying medical condition, this can help you make an informed decision about getting a COVID-19 vaccination.
Answers to commonly asked questions about COVID-19 vaccines, including vaccine cost, availability, and types.
Plain language cleaning and disinfection guidance (for community settings)
Future directions and resources on evaluating and caring for patients with post-COVID conditions.
CDC offers considerations for ways in which operators can protect employees, customers, and communities and slow the spread of COVID-19.
CDC's COVID-19 Weekly Partner Calls provide a broad base of partners with updates on the latest guidance, hot topics, and scientific insight on CDC's COVID-19 response efforts. Each week the call focuses on a specific topic, diving deeply to provide more information, followed by a Q&A portion of the call. Questions are accepted ahead of time from the general public, and though not all questions are able to be answered during the call, as many are answered as possible.
Healthcare professionals, find information on medical management of post-COVID conditions, holistic support for patients with post-COVID conditions, and on patient groups with special considerations.
Find general post-COVID care considerations, considerations for follow-up care from hospital admission, and considerations for SARS-CoV-2 infection or mild-to-moderate acute COVID-19 treated in an outpatient setting.
Healthcare professionals, find suggested workup for post-COVID conditions.
See considerations and recommendations for health departments supporting COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) testing in communities, schools, workplaces, and healthcare settings.
Communication Toolkit for Airlines to inform Travelers and Crew
Healthcare professionals, find information on public health recommendations for caring for patients with post-COVID conditions.
Healthcare professionals, find key points for the detailed guidance on evaluating and caring for patients with post-COVID conditions.
Healthcare professionals, find background for post-COVID conditions from the detailed guidance on evaluating and caring for patients with post-COVID conditions.
Healthcare professionals, find information on laboratory testing and other assessment and testing for evaluating and caring for patients with post-COVID conditions.
A Nucleic Acid Amplification Test, or NAAT, is a type of viral diagnostic test for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
This guidance describes and compares different types of SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19) testing strategies, including their intended use and applications, regulatory requirements, and reporting requirements.
Learn what beauty salon and barbershop employees need to know to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
Proper interpretation of antigen test results is important for accurate clinical management of patients with suspected COVID-19. This guidance can help healthcare providers make the most effective use of antigen tests in different situations.
This factsheet helps gym and fitness center employers prevent the spread of COVID-19.
Use this step-by-step guide to learn how you can register your dependent or child into v-safe to report any side effects after their COVID-19 vaccination.
Use this step-by-step guide to learn how you can register for v-safe to report any side effects after your COVID-19 vaccination.
Learn what you can do if you have issues with v-safe and how you can reach live v-safe support through phone or email.
Use this step-by-step guide to learn how you can complete a v-safe health check-in for yourself or a dependent.
Use information sheets, flyers, and posters to promote v-safe. Vaccine recipients can also use these to learn more about v-safe and how they can register.
Guidance for seafood processing workers and employers on protection from COVID-19.
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.
Guidance for In-home social service providers and clients during the COVID-19 pandemic to protect themselves.
Learn what manufacturing workers and employers need to know during COVID-19.
Information on testing methods in regards to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19).
Guidance for Meat and Poultry Processing Workers and Employers
Until more information becomes available, precautions should be taken in handling specimens that are suspected or confirmed for SARS-CoV-2.
This factsheet provides information to help transit station workers to prevent exposure to COVID-19 at their workplace.
This factsheet provides information to help rail transit operators to prevent exposure to COVID-19 at their workplace.
Interim guidance on COVID-19 for agriculture workers and employers
The Moderna COVID-19 vaccine is an mRNA vaccine that requires 2 shots, 28 days apart. Learn about safety data, efficacy, and clinical trial demographics.
There are several things to consider when deciding whether it is safe for you to travel in the United States. This includes the following: is COVID-19 spreading where you're going, will you be in close contact with others, are you at higher risk of severe illness if you do get COVID-19, do you have a plan for taking time off from work or school, do you live with someone who is older or has a severe chronic health condition, and is COVID-19 spreading where you live?
COVID-19 vaccines communciation resources including print resources, graphics, social media, web widgets, and other communication tools.
Advice on when and how long people should delay their domestic or international travel to avoid spreading COVID-19.
There are several things to consider when deciding whether it is safe for you to travel in the United States. This includes the following: is COVID-19 spreading where you're going, will you be in close contact with others, are you at higher risk of severe illness if you do get COVID-19, do you have a plan for taking time off from work or school, do you live with someone who is older or has a severe chronic health condition, and is COVID-19 spreading where you live?
The Population Connectivity across Borders (PopCAB) toolkit is a toolkit for gathering and analyzing information about population mobility to inform public health interventions.
Learn more about coping with stress for crew members.
Effective immediately, CDC is strongly recommending that masks are worn by all passengers on and operators of public transportation conveyances to prevent spread of the virus that causes COVID-19.
Guidance on preparing for, preventing, and managing the spread of COVID-19 in correctional and detention facilities.
This document is intended to provide considerations on the appropriate use of testing and does not dictate the determination of payment decisions or insurance coverage of such testing, except as may be otherwise referenced (or prescribed) by another entity or federal or state agency.
What Transit Maintenance Workers Need to Know About COVID-19
Quarantine recommendations specific for correctional facilities and detention centers during the outbreak of COVID-19
Interim guidance for homeless service providers to plan and respond to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
List of COVID-19 Resources for Correctional and Detention Facilities
The following interim guidance is intended to help reduce the risk of introducing and transmitting SARS-CoV-2 in cleaner air shelters and cleaner air spaces.
Globally, health systems have been challenged by the overwhelming demands of the COVID-19 pandemic. Resources and staff are being diverted to test and treat people with presumed or diagnosed COVID-19, and supplies are limited. Some healthcare services are being compromised in order to meet the demands of caring for COVID-19 patients, and many people fear accessing healthcare facilities due to fear of acquiring the virus.
Provide guidance to homeless youth so they can protect themselves and others from COVID-19.
Resources for clinicians caring for specific patient types during COVID-19, including children, newborns, those with underlying conditions, and others.
CDC notifies travelers and other audiences about health threats in destinations around the world through Travel Health Notices (THN). During the COVID-19 pandemic, CDC has also provided an interactive world map specifically showing COVID-19 travel recommendations by country.
This document provides suggestions that can be considered by emergency shelter staff in global, low-resource settings to reduce the risk of transmission of COVID-19 during disaster response.
Messages and graphics to support COVID-19 vaccination efforts.
CDC reports COVID-19 case counts, deaths, and laboratory testing numbers daily online. Data dependent on jurisdictions' timely and accurate reporting.
CDC recommends a layered strategy to reduce exposures to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. This includes using multiple mitigation strategies with several layers of safeguards to reduce the spread of disease and lower the risk of exposure.
Additional CDC COVID-related data is supplied by the National Center for Health Statistics, National Environmental Public Health Tracking Network, and Wastewater Surveillance.
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).
Fair and agricultural show organizers should consider the potential for COVID-19 to spread from person to person, person to animal, and possibly from animal to animal. The risk of animal-to-person spread is considered low.
Frequently asked questions about COVID-19 vaccination in correctional and detention centers. For general information about COVID-19 vaccine, please see the CDC COVID-19 Vaccine Information page.
When choosing safer activities, consider how COVID-19 is spreading in your community, the number of people participating in the activity, and the location of the activity.
CDC offers considerations for ways in which camp administrators can help protect campers, staff, and communities, and slow the spread of COVID-19.
Masks help stop the spread of COVID-19 to others. Find out how to wear, clean, and make masks.
Learn about Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), including symptoms, complications, transmission, prevention, treatment, and summary updates of the outbreak.
On Election Day 2020, Ada Dieke sprinted off her flight and raced to the polling station. Several hours earlier, she had been in southeastern Idaho helping the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes roll out their COVID-19 safety protocols for community voting.
Easy to Read COVID-19 explaining how different COVID-19 vaccines work primarily developed for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and others who read or listen with understanding below a third-grade level.
CDC is aggressively responding to the global outbreak of COVID-19 and preparing for the potential of community spread in the United States.
Based on recommendations from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), an independent panel of medical and public health experts, CDC recommends healthcare personnel be among those offered the first doses of COVID-19 vaccines. Healthcare personnel include all paid and unpaid persons serving in healthcare settings who have the potential for direct or indirect exposure to patients or infectious materials.
Overview of what you should know about the different COVID-19 vaccines, including vaccine types and how they work to provide protection against COVID-19, which vaccines have been authorized and recommended in the United States, and which are in Phase 3 clinical trials.
In collaboration with the NCI, CDC, and BARDA, the FDA has developed a comprehensive dataset to compare the performance characteristics of different serological tests that were independently evaluated using well-characterized sample panels of positive and negative specimens for SARS-CoV-2 antibodies.
Healthcare professionals, find trainings on PPE use, nonpharmaceutical interventions, emergency preparedness and response, and more.
CDC has provided buttons and badges for public use. The graphic can be placed in any way that works best for your particular site. We are hoping to see this graphic on as many sites as possible to enhance access to up to date information on Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19).
When COVID-19 began spreading rapidly in the Latino community in Richmond, Virginia, the first all-Latino team of CDC responders stepped up to help
Information on COVID-19 vaccination data reported in CDC's COVID Data Tracker.
Teachers and staff in pre-Kindergarten to grade 12 (pre-K-12 schools) and childcare workers are prioritized for COVID-19 vaccines.
The risk of severe illness from COVID-19 increases with age, which is why the CDC recommends older adults receive COVID-19 vaccines.
Although the vaccine supply is currently limited, CDC is working toward making vaccines widely available for everyone at no cost. Learn more about your state's plan.
The CDC recommends essential workers be included among those offered the first supply of COVID-19 vaccines.
How to calculate severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Laboratory Test Percent Positivity.
COVID-19 is a dangerous disease that is very contageous. It makes some people severely ill and has been responsible for hundred of thousands of deaths in the United States.
Vaccines information, Free vaccination information and what you need to know before your appointment, and what you can do when you are fully vaccinated
What you need to know about vaccines, including frequently asked questions and benefits of getting vaccinated.
How to get a vaccine, what you need to know before your appointment, and what you can do when you are fully vaccinated.
Learn about COVID-19 vaccine planning, how vaccine recommendations will be made, and the work going into ensuring the safety of COVID-19 vaccines.
COVID-19 vaccination FAQs for people experiencing homelessness
A detail about River the cat enables Anne Meyers to deploy to many on-the-ground missions for CDC. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Anne, a health communicator, learned lessons on her trips about people putting their trust in leaders who do the right things.
Learn how to plan various size gatherings during COVID-19 to enhance the protection of individuals and communities.
COVID-19 vaccines authorized for use in the U.S. are working well based on studies that have looked at how vaccines work in real-world conditions.
Provides messages and graphics to help ensure current, correct messaging from a trusted source, create collateral materials, and share resources regarding COVID-19.
Since November 2020, the United Kingdom (UK) has reported a rapid increase in COVID-19 cases in London and southeast England. This rapid increase in cases has been linked to a different version-or variant-of the virus that causes COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2).
Healthcare providers, find key information and links to detailed guidance and CDC content pages related to clinical care of people with a suspected or confirmed infection caused by coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
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.
Assessing how vaccines work is important to learn how much protection they offer and to make informed decisions around recommendations and policies.
VAERS is an early warning system used to monitor adverse events that happen after vaccination. Learn how VAERS reports are submitted and reviewed.
Learn about the CDC's COVID-19 vaccine recommendation process and the goals and principles guiding decisions if there is a limited supply at first.
CDC is using both new and existing information technology (IT) systems to rapidly collect reliable data about how many doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been delivered (distribution) and how many people have been vaccinated with those doses (administration)
This webpage provides information for people with disabilities or conditions that may increase their risk of getting and spreading COVID-19, and for their care providers.
Learn how to set up safe watering points during COVID-19.
Guidance for clinical healthcare workers on clinical care for patients with underlying medical conditions who are diagnosed with COVID-19.
People of Any Age with Underlying Medical Conditions
Resources and tools to help pregnant people, breastfeeding women and new parents caring for infants to protect their health and help people who serve these communities communicate with them.
CDC is supporting multiple efforts to better understand the impact of COVID-19 during pregnancy on both the mother and infant. Data collected as part of these efforts can help direct public health action and inform clinical guidance for the care of affected pregnant women and their infants.
Supporting evidence for CDC's list of underlying medical conditions that put individuals at increased risk for severe illness from COVID-19.
Customizable content, including newsletters, for community-based organizations to promote COVID-19 vaccinations
Safety monitoring systems are in place to capture information about vaccination during pregnancy. CDC and the FDA are closely monitoring that information.
All COVID-19 vaccines available in the U.S. are effective at preventing COVID-19. CDC and other partners continue to assess how they work in real-world conditions.
To Scott Santibanez, the call sounded like a routine request in a 22-year career at CDC that has been filled with such calls. It proved to be anything but.
What Rail Transit Operators Need to Know About COVID-19
More Resources about COVID-19
SARS-CoV-2 is transmitted by exposure to infectious respiratory fluids
CDC recommends community use of masks, specifically non-valved, multi-layer cloth masks, to prevent transmission of SARS-CoV-2.
Tips to safely host or attend small holiday gatherings.
Guidance about large gatherings during the COVID-19 pandemic
The outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) may be stressful. Teens and young adults may be feeling worried, bored, or frustrated. COVID-19 is frightening, but there are ways to manage your stress.
Read CDC's guidance for administrators of multifamily housing (e.g., apartments, condos, townhouses). Find strategies to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
CDC recommends that all people defer travel on cruise ships, including river cruises, worldwide. That's because the risk of COVID-19 on cruise ships is high. Older adults and people with serious chronic medical conditions, such as heart disease, diabetes, or lung disease, should especially defer travel on cruise ships, including river cruises, because of their increased risk for severe disease.
Información sobre el COVID-19 fácil de leer y medidas para protegerse a sà mismo y a los demás
Provides information on testing for coronavirus infection, including how to decide about testing, how to get a test, and what to do after a viral test.
This information will help employers who want to implement antigen screening testing in their workplace.
Forecasts show national and state level cumulative reported and predicted deaths since the beginning of the pandemic. CDC is working with partners to bring together weekly COVID-19 forecasts in one place.
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.
Guidance for Health Departments: COVID-19 Vaccination Implementation for People Experiencing Homelessness
Learn what school nutrition professionals and volunteers need to know during COVID-19.
Easy to read information about COVID-19 and steps to protect yourself and others
Easy to read information about COVID-19 and steps to protect yourself and others
People with Disabilities and COVID-19
American citizens, lawful permanent residents, and their families who have been in one of the countries listed in the past 14 days will be allowed to enter the United States but will be redirected to one of 13 airports.
Provides messages and graphics to help ensure current, correct messaging from a trusted source, create collateral materials, and share resources regarding COVID-19.
Provides messages and graphics to help ensure current, correct messaging from a trusted source, create collateral materials, and share resources regarding COVID-19.
Learn about COVID-19 forecasts and modeling for new hospitalizations.
Learn about COVID-19 forecasts and modeling for new hospitalizations.
Telepathology allows CDC pathologists and their partners at health departments and elsewhere to collaborate closely while teleworking at a distance during COVID-19. Telepathology has also sped up their collaboration.
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.
COVID-19 vaccines are new, and it's normal to for people to have questions about them. CDC has information about how to talk to your friends and family about COVID-19 vaccines.
Here is what you can do to prepare your family in case COVID-19 spreads in your community.
Información sobre el COVID-19 fácil de leer y medidas para protegerse a sà mismo y a los demás
Información sobre el COVID-19 fácil de leer y medidas para protegerse a sà mismo y a los demás
CDC recommended infection prevention and control (IPC) practices during the COVID-19 pandemic.
CDC is using both new and existing information technology (IT) systems to rapidly collect reliable data about how many doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been delivered (distribution) and how many people have been vaccinated with those doses (administration)
COVID-19 schools nutrition resources for school nutrition professionals, teachers and staff.
Learn what agricultural workers need to know during COVID-19.
Learn what administrators of public and private K-12 schools should know about COVID-19 case investigation and contact tracing.
Los trabajadores de salud comunitarios -también conocidos como representantes de salud comunitarios y promotores de la salud- proporcionan servicios cruciales a las comunidades afectadas de manera desproporcionada por amenazas para la salud pública, como
Safety is a top priority for COVID-19 vaccines. Learn how the U.S. vaccine safety system is ensuring the safety of COVID-19 vaccines.
Winter holiday gatherings with family and friends are fun but can increase the chances of getting or spreading COVID-19 or the flu. Follow these tips to make your winter holidays safer.
Facts about COVID-19 vaccines for American Indian and Native Alaskan tribal communities.
COVID-19 Vaccines May Make You Feel Sick
Meet a woman who advanced the science on the spread of COVID-19 and massively strengthened health departments in their efforts to slow the spread. CDC's Peggy Honein started out in the pandemic leading efforts on the ground in early tragic outbreaks.
Facts about COVID-19 vaccines for American Indian and Native Alaskan tribal communities.
COVID-19 Vaccines May Make You Feel Sick
People Who Need to Take Extra Precautions
People who use drugs or have substance use disorder and medical professionals can find information about drug use during the COVID-19 pandemic.
CDC has been rapidly onboarding state and jurisdictional health departments to a more detailed form of COVID-19 electronic laboratory reporting (CELR). See which states have converted to electronic laboratory reporting.
Preventing the Spread of COVID-19 in Retirement Communities and Independent Living Facilities
People who use alcohol, drugs, and have substance abuse disorder may also have underlying medical conditions that put them at increased risk for severe illness from COVID-19, and they may have concerns and questions related to their risk.
Guidance for cleaning and disinfecting a public space, facility, or business to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
Take steps to reduce health and social inequities that put people from racial and ethnic minority groups at increased risk from COVID-19.
As some casinos and gaming operations resume in some areas of the United States, CDC offers the following considerations for ways in which casino and gaming operators can help protect staff and customers and slow the spread of COVID-19.
Recommended key concepts and guidance about COVID-19 contact tracing for health departments and public health workers.
Adults of any age with certain underlying medical conditions are at increased risk for severe illness from the virus that causes COVID-19. COVID-19 vaccines are recommended for and can be administered to most people with underlying medical conditions.
Vaccine manufacturers; the federal government; state, local, and territorial jurisdictions; and other partners are working to make sure safe and effective vaccines are getting to you as quickly as possible. This page will help you understand the key steps in this important process and how CDC is tracking vaccine distribution, delivery, and administration throughout the United States.
Because the supply of COVID-19 vaccine in the United States is expected to be limited at first, CDC recommends that initial supplies of COVID-19 vaccine be allocated to healthcare personnel and long-term care facility residents. CDC made this recommendation on December 3, 2020, and based it on recommendations from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), an independent panel of medical and public health experts.
Find links to resources for clinicians caring for patients with a suspected or confirmed infection caused by coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
Precautions should be considered by tribal community members who may need to regularly share personal vehicles with members outside of their own households, including with those who are visibly sick, to minimize the risk of spreading COVID-19 when sharing non-emergency vehicle transportation.
CDC's COVID Data Tracker provides trends data on the number of COVID-19 vaccines administered in the United States.
Learn more about how at-home testing and collection allow you to collect a specimen at home and either send it to a testing facility or perform the test at home.
The CDC has designed a toolkit to help community-based organizations (CBOs) educate communities about new COVID-19 vaccines.
Systemic health and social inequities have put people from racial and ethnic minority groups at increased risk from COVID-19. Take steps to reduce health disparities.
Carefully select cleaners and disinfectants and application methods for use in facilities, businesses, and public indoor spaces to ensure that you can clean and disinfect safely and effectively.
Viral vector vaccines are safe and effective. They use a modified, harmless virus to deliver instructions to our cells that trigger an immune response.
List of public service announcements related to coronavirus.
Learn how to optimize N95 respirators during COVID-19.
Checklist for Healthcare Facilities: Strategies for Optimizing the Supply of N95 Respirators during the COVID-19 Response
COVID-19 Vaccination Toolkits for Medical Centers, Clinics, and Pharmacies, Long-term Care Facilities, Essential Workers, Community Based Organizations
These graphics will help health departments develop their communications with communities about COVID-19 contact tracing.
This document provides suggestions for how Community Health Workers can support home-based care in low resource settings, including different actions community health workers can take to support patients, their families, and their communities during COVID-19, and how to identify which people are eligible for home-based care.
Learn more about how to make sure your mask works effectively.
Resources for Sharing Real-Time Vaccine Information
People can be infected with SARS-CoV-2 through contact with surfaces. based on available epidemiological data and studies of environmental transmission factors, surface transmission is considered to be low.
Based on the limited information available now, the risk of pets spreading COVID-19 to people is considered to be low. There is no reason to abandon or surrender pets that have been confirmed positive for the virus that causes COVID-19.
Ongoing mitigation guidance, mitigation guidance, and prevention and support for tribal communities.
Learn how post-vaccine side effects differ from a possible COVID infection and how to reduce the effect of post-vaccination signs and symptoms in the workplace.
Resources for Healthcare Professionals Caring for COVID-19 Patients
If essential malaria interventions are significantly disrupted due to COVID-19 challenges, numbers of malaria cases will significantly increase, and death rates could double.
Until we learn more about how this virus affects animals, treat pets as you would other human family members to protect them from a possible infection.
Recommendations, guidance and other tools for state public health veterinarians and animal health officials to help slow the spread of COVID-19.
Guidance for nursing homes and other long-term care facilities to take steps to assess and improve their preparedness for responding to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
Standardized procedure for broad-based testing for SARS-CoV-2 in congregate settings: Considerations for health departments and healthcare providers
Resources and interim guidelines for laboratory professionals working with specimens from persons with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
This page includes interim guidance and resources for laboratory professionals working with specimens from persons under investigation (PUI) for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
A description of how COVID-19 vaccines were developed, tested, authorized, and distributed quickly while maintaining the same high safety standards required for all vaccines.
If you've had an allergic to any ingredient in an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine, you shouldn't get either of the currently available mRNA COVID-19 vaccines.
To keep your workplace healthy, consider offering free, on-site COVID-19 vaccination at your business locations.
CDC is aggressively responding to the global outbreak of COVID-19 and preparing for the potential of community spread in the United States.
Use this tool to plan and optimize the use of PPE for response to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
Learn about COVID-19, the virus that causes it, how it spreads, and new and emerging variants.
Get information on symptoms, testing, what to do if you are sick, and at risk groups.
This toolkit provides recommendations for public health and animal health officials involved in managing companion animals diagnosed with SARS-CoV-2.
This page provides a broad overview of therapies that are currently recommended for COVID-19 treatment. The FDA can issue emergency use authorizations (EUAs) to allow healthcare providers to use products that are not yet approved, or are approved for other uses, to treat patients with COVID-19 if certain legal requirements are met. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has developed and regularly updates Treatment Guidelines to help guide healthcare providers caring patients with COVID-19. Any treatments that are used for COVID-19 should be under the care of a healthcare provider.
This is guidance for state public health veterinarians and state animal health officials to help guide decisions on testing animals for SARS-CoV-2.
Learn the 10 things healthcare professionals need to know about where U.S. COVID-19 vaccination planning currently stands.
Learn the 10 things healthcare professionals need to know about where U.S. COVID-19 vaccination planning currently stands.
Learn about the National Wastewater Surveillance System, a new public health tool to understand COVID-19 spread in a community.
CDC SCIENCE AGENDA FOR COVID-19: BUILDING THE EVIDENCE BASE TO INFORM THE ONGOING PUBLIC HEALTH RESPONSE, 2020-2023
Protect your community. Get answers to common questions and accurate information about COVID-19 vaccines.
CDC and ASPR have developed five COVID-19 Pandemic Planning Scenarios that are designed to help inform decisions by modelers and public health officials who utilize mathematical modeling. The planning scenarios are being used by mathematical modelers throughout the Federal government. Models can help evaluate the potential effects of different community mitigation strategies and help hospital administrators in assessing resource needs.
This document describes how to set up a Community Isolation Center for COVID-19 patients who are not able to isolate at home, but may not be ill enough to be hospitalized. This document is to be used in global settings, not in the US.
Considerations for personal protective equipment (PPE) in the context of global supply shortages in non-US healthcare settings.
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.
What you need to know about COVID-19 in children and teens, and what you can do if your child gets sick.
Steps to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 if you are sick
CDC has developed interim guidance for how healthcare providers, laboratories, and public health staff should use antibody tests for COVID-19. These tests look for the presence of antibodies, which are specific proteins made in response to infections.
The purpose of this document is to provide employers with strategies for consideration of incorporating testing for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, into a workplace COVID-19 preparedness, response, and control plan.
Testing Considerations in Homeless Shelters & Encampments
Monitor and evaluate wearing masks as a community mitigation strategy for COVID-19 with CDC's action guide.
Five things that people need to know about COVID-19, including how to slow the spread, know their risk, protect themselves, what to do when sick, how to get testing, and what the symptoms are.
This guidance outlines key considerations for states and healthcare systems to consider strategies for transferring patients, staff, and supplies between health facilities to optimize patient care, balance resources, and minimize use of crisis care standards. One option is the identification of relief healthcare facilities and establishing or coordinating with existing federal, state, or regional Medical Operation Coordination Cells (MOCC). The implementation of the elements highlighted in this guidance can be found in the Federal MOCC Toolkit reference throughout.
Use this tool to prevent and control infections in nursing homes during COVID-19.
CDC COVID-19 Guidance Documents
Considerations for Long-Term Care Residents following COVID-19 Vaccination.
If you're an essential worker, it's important to find out where to get vaccinated as soon as it is available to you.
This toolkit provides web links, fact sheets, posters and other resources for childcare facilities and consumers.
Most routine medical procedures or screenings can be performed before or after getting a COVID-19 vaccine.
COVID-19 symptom screening flowchart for childcare facilities
This document is provided by CDC and is intended for use in non-US healthcare settings. This document provides guidance on the identification or screening of healthcare workers and inpatients with suspected COVID-19.
This document is provided by CDC and is intended for use in non-US healthcare settings. This document provides guidance on the identification or screening of healthcare workers and inpatients with suspected COVID-19.
CDC is working with state, local, territorial, academic, and commercial partners to better understand COVID-19 in the United States. Serology tests look for antibodies in blood. If antibodies are found, that means there has been a previous infection. Antibodies are proteins that can fight off infections.
The purpose of this document is to guide the country's Lead Public Health Response Agency /Ministry coordinating the COVID-19 response in determining their emergency preparedness and response capacity needs.
COVID-19 causes more delayed symptoms and longer term ailments than most any viral disease. This CDC emergency responder kept finding more and more of them.
Find CDC guidance to plan and respond throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
Help Children Learn at Home
Answers to frequently asked questions regarding laboratory testing, biosafety and COVID-19.
This guidance is to assist healthcare facilities in mitigating healthcare personnel staffing shortages that might occur because of COVID-19.
Strategies to ensure adequate provision of care for mildly to moderately ill COVID-19 patients, and delivery of other non-COVID-19 essential health services during the COVID-19 outbreak.
School district leadership, K-12 administrators, and directors of childcare programs can use the following materials to encourage COVID-19 vaccination.
This guidance is for emergency planners who may need to consider local conditions, statutory authorities, resources, agreements, and other critical factors to plan for disaster sheltering of household pets, service animals, and support animals during the pandemic.
Messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines teach our cells how to make a protein that triggers an immune response. They are safe and effective at preventing COVID-19.
Learn about the types of allergic reactions you should watch out for, like anaphylaxis, and what to do if you experience one after getting a COVID-19 vaccine.
FAQ for Healthcare Professionals
Johnson & Johnson's Janssen COVID-19 vaccine is recommended for people aged 18 years and older.
Outlines pre-deployment processes for COVID-19 responders.
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
This information is meant to help guide tribes with funeral and burial health and safety. This information also helps tribes plan for an increase in deaths within a community.
The objective of screening is to reduce the international spread of communicable disease by detecting departing travelers who are sick or who have been exposed to the disease and preventing them from leaving the country they are in (exit screening) or by detecting them upon arrival and directing them to appropriate care and follow up, as needed (entry screening).
Learn about deployment process considerations for COVID-19 rapid response teams.
Learn about post-deployment process considerations for COVID-19 rapid response teams.
Guidance for U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Staff for the Establishment and Management of Public Health Rapid Response Teams for Disease Outbreaks: COVID-19 Disease Supplement
Considerations for rapid response team composition, structure, and roles for COVID-19 response.
COVID-19 vaccines have undergone the most intensive safety monitoring in U.S. history. Learn about clinical trials and different safety monitoring systems.
Virtual forum to support COVID-19 vaccination efforts. The National Forum on COVID-19 Vaccine aims to ensure the exchange of information. It will provide practical information on the most effective strategies for building trust in COVID-19 vaccination, using data effectively to optimize vaccine implementation, and maximizing equitable access to vaccine.
Ventilation is one component of maintaining healthy environments, and is an important COVID-19 prevention strategy for schools and child care programs.
This web page contains COVID-19 staffing guidance for state, tribal, local, and territorial health departments.
This webpage shares the steps taken by health departments to conduct contact tracing for both individuals who have been diagnosed with and exposed to COVID-19.
Infection prevention and control information for non-US healthcare settings and non-US national government officials working on COVID-19 response.
A Contact Tracer's Guide for COVID-19 focuses on communication strategies for contact interviews and provides suggested language for each topic area covered in an interview.
Provides questions and answers about homelessness and COVID-19.
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.
In collaboration with the NCI, CDC, and BARDA, the FDA has developed a comprehensive dataset to compare the performance characteristics of different serological tests that were independently evaluated using well-characterized sample panels of positive and negative specimens for SARS-CoV-2 antibodies.
Contact tracing is used by health departments to prevent the spread of infectious diseased. In general, contact tracing involves identifying people who have an infectious disease (cases) and people who they came in contact with (contacts) and working with them to interrupt disease spread. For COVID-19, this includes asking people with cases to isolate and their contacts to quarantine at home voluntarily.
This section provides steps and consideration that jurisdictions can use to develop a protocol for the tracing of close contacts.
Steps that healthcare facilities can take to prepare for an outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) among patients and staff.
Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for Triage of Suspected COIVD-19 Patients in non-US Healthcare Settings
This document focuses on communication strategies for case interviews and provides suggested language for case investigators as they cover each topic area during an interview.
This document is meant to assist Ministries of Health and their point-of-entry (POE) partners in determining whether and how to conduct traveler screening at POE for coronavirus (COVID-19).
Information for parents about a condition associated with COVID-19 called Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C).
This update provides additional clarification around traditional contact tracing and guidance on source investigation (reverse or bi-directional contact tracing). This update specifically outlines the full parameters of case investigation which routinely involves attempts to identify the potential source of infection and identify people who may have been exposed (contacts) to the disease to interrupt transmission.
Guidance for healthcare professionals who have the potential for direct or indirect exposure to patients or infectious materials.
These recommendations are intended to be used by healthcare facilities and public health authorities in non-US healthcare settings, particularly focusing on low- and middle-income countries, assisting with the management of HCWs exposed to a person with confirmed or suspected COVID-19.
COVID-19 guidance and tools to help tribal organizations make decisions, communicate with their members, and protect their families and communities.
Guidance for the Identification of Healthcare Workers and Inpatients with Suspected COVID-19 in non-US Healthcare Settings
This document is intended to be professionally generated as a job aid for distribution via CDC country offices to local Ministries of Health or National Public Health Institutes with the intent to be given to facilities with frontline healthcare workers doing contact tracing, case investigations, community outreach, or in other ways working with potential contacts. It is meant to serve as a visualization for these individuals to understand the contact tracing process flow, the need for daily monitoring of all contacts, and what will cause the need for a case investigation.
This new guidance further refines prioritization recommendations and presents emerging modeling data regarding timeframes for effectiveness.
List of COVID-19 resources for people with disabilities and those who support them
Learn about how healthcare providers can report COVID-19 cases.
As some communities in the United States consider opening or begin to open public beaches, CDC offers the following considerations for steps beach managers can take to help protect their staff and beach visitors, both in the water and on land, and slow the spread of the virus that causes COVID-19.
Separate yourself from others if you have COVID-19.
Guidance and tools to help administrators of correctional and detention facilities make decisions and protect and communicate with staff, people who are incarcerated, and their communities during COVID-19.
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.
Interim Guidance on Developing a COVID-19 Case Investigation & Contact Tracing Plan: Overview
Testing 1-3 days before and 2-5 days after travel may reduce the risk of spreading COVID-19. Testing does not eliminate all risk, but when combined with everyday precautions like wearing masks, social distancing, and handwashing, it can make travel safer by reducing spread on planes and in airports and at travelers' destinations.
When planning to host or attend a holiday celebration, consider the risk of getting or spreading COVID-19 during different activities.
Interim Guidance on Developing a COVID-19 Case Investigation & Contact Tracing Plan: Overview
To Scott Santibanez, the call sounded like a routine request in a 22-year career at CDC that has been filled with such calls. It proved to be anything but.
Suggestions for individuals, partners, and ministries of health to mitigate COVID-19 transmission in low-resource environments and considerations associated with each measure.
Use of Cloth Face Coverings to Help Slow the Spread of COVID-19
People who use drugs or have substance use disorder and medical professionals can find resources about drug use during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Clinicians, discover how you can best care for your hospitalized patients with a confirmed infection caused by novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19).
Adolescents' social, emotional, or mental well-being may be impacted by the pandemic. Learn what you can do to help ensure their well-being.
Interim Guidance on Testing Healthcare Personnel for SARS-CoV-2
Customizable content to promote COVID-19 vaccinations for essential workers
: CDC has an overarching strategy for learning more about how many people have been infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, and how it is spreading through the U.S. population. This strategy includes using serology testing for surveillance to better understand how many infections with SARS-CoV-2 have occurred including conducting large-scale geographic surveys, community-level surveys, and special population surveys.
Information on COVID-19 Partner Update Call - Women, Caregiving, and COVID-19: A Delicate Balancing Act
Help K-12 schools operate safely. Combine steps to limit spread of COVID-19.
Learn school meal distribution models that follow core mitigation strategies to reduce the spread of COVID-19.
Key Resources for health departments on how to get and keep America open.
Learn COVID-19 operational considerations to implement immunization services in non-US countries with low or middle incomes.
Examine this preparedness checklist for patient transport and arrival with confirmed or suspected COVID-19.
Continue to "Mask Up" to Help Stop the Spread of the Coronavirus. Austin Powers, Casablanca, Harry Potter, The Lord of the Rings, and others are reimagined with characters wearing face masks.
For many years, Jessica Prince-Guerra has been passionate about combining laboratory science and public health to make a real-world difference in fighting infectious diseases. Her career has taken her to Ecuador, where she learned firsthand the importance of laboratory work in improving a community's health. She also witnessed health inequities that motivated her to devote her career to public health.
Worker Safety and Support
Information for people with liver disease who may be at higher risk for severe illness from COVID-19. People with chronic liver disease, including hepatitis B and hepatitis C, may have concerns and questions related to their risk.
These recommendations may make it less likely for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, to spread between people and wildlife to protect human health, animal health, and minimize adverse public health and conservation outcomes.
Access tools and guidance for healthcare facilities to plan and prepare, manage surges, and operate effectively during COVID-19.
Find resources to mitigate staffing, hospital bed, and ventilator shortages and tools to estimate a surge in demand for services.
Guidance for possible COVID-19 transmission at hospitals and for healthcare workers exposed to COVID-19 or returning to work after COVID-19 infection
Electronic Case Reporting (eCR) is the automated generation and transmission of case reports from the electronic health record (EHR) to public health agencies for review and action. eCR makes disease reporting from healthcare to public health faster and easier. eCR Now allows for rapid adoption and implementation of eCR for COVID-19, enabling real-time tracking.
Provides printable resources regarding COVID-19.
Actions that persons and communities can take to help slow the transmission of the virus in communities.
One-Stop Shop for COVID-19 Resources
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.
Guidance and tools to help homeless service providers make decisions and protect and communicate with staff and with people who are experiencing homelessness during COVID-19
Learn what rideshare drivers and other passenger drivers-for-hire need to know during COVID-19.
Schools play an important role in educating students about disease prevention within their homes and communities. Many children and adolescents rely on key services provided by schools, such as school meal programs. Schools are considered safe havens for children who might be experiencing various forms of abuse or violence. This document provides suggestions for mitigating risks for COVID-19 transmission in schools in low-resource, international settings
Find guidance to help prevent and control COVID-19 infections in various healthcare settings.
Multiple SARS-CoV-2 variants are circulating globally, and several new variants emerged in the fall of 2020. Scientists are working to learn more about these variants to better understand how easily they might be transmitted and whether currently authorized vaccines will protect people against them. Currently, there is no evidence that these variants cause more severe illness or increased risk of death.
Learn about COVID-19 seroprevalence survey types from CDC.
Resources for State, Local, Territorial and Tribal Health Departments