CCDPH advises the general public to do the following at this time:

1. To seek medical attention for symptoms including fever greater than 100 degrees, body aches, cough, sore throat and respiratory congestion ; and

2. To prevent spread of respiratory viral infections in general:

a. Ill person should stay home from work or school to avoid spreading illness to co-workers, classmates, and friends;

b. All persons should always cough or sneeze into their elbow or into a tissue and properly dispose of used tissues; and

c. All persons should wash their hands frequently and thoroughly with soap and warm water or use an alcohol based hand sanitizer to kill germs on hands, and avoid touching their eyes, nose and mouth.