Prevent Getting Sick
The virus spreads mainly from person-to-person
- When people are within 6 feet for at least 15 minutes
- Through water droplets produced when an infected person coughs, sneezes, talks, sings or shouts.
You can stop the spread of COVID-19
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Wash your hands often
- Wash with soap and water for at least 20 seconds
- Before eating or preparing food
- Before touching your face
- After using the restroom
- After leaving a public place
- After blowing your nose, coughing, or sneezing
- After handling your mask
- After changing a diaper
- After caring for someone sick
- After touching animals or pets
- If soap and water are not available:
- Use a hand sanitizer that contains at least 60% alcohol. Cover all surfaces of your hands and rub them together until they feel dry.
- Avoid touching your eyes, nose, and mouth with unwashed hands.
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Limit contact with people outside your household
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Stay at least 6 feet away from others when you leave home
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Cover your nose and mouth when you leave home or around people outside of your household
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Face coverings should be washed regularly. For more information, click here.
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Cover your coughs and sneezes
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Clean and disinfect high touch surfaces like your phone and doorknobs
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Monitor your health daily
Resources
- COVID-19 and the Flu: English | Spanish | Chinese (Simplified) | Chinese (Traditional) | Arabic | Korean | Khmer | Tagalog | Vietnamese
Answers to questions about infecting others, reinfection, vaccination, and giving blood plasma for people who have recovered from COVID-19 (ACPHD, 2/17/21): English
- Safer Sex and COVID-19: English | Arabic | Chinese (Simplified) | Chinese (Traditional) | Khmer | Korean | Spanish | Tagalog | Vietnamese (ACPHD, 8/20/2020)
- Dating During Covid-19 FAQ
- Alameda County Cooling Center Guidance (ACPHD, 6/2/2020)
- COVID-19 and Cooling Centers: Interim Guidance to Reduce Risk (CDC, 8/13/2020)
- COVID-19 Considerations for Extreme Heat & Unhealthy Air Quality
- Evacuation Center Guidance (ACPHD, 8/23/2020)
- Heat Vulnerability in Alameda County (ArcGIS)
- Wildfire Smoke and Your Health English | Chinese (Simplified) | Chinese (Traditional) | Korean | Spanish |Tagalog | Vietnamese (ACPHD, 8/28/2020)
- Alameda County Monthly Diaper and Formula Program for Ashland and Cherryland Families (4Cs, 7/27/2020-7/31/2020): English | Spanish
- Caring for Someone (CDC)
- COVID-19 Prevention Tips (ACPHD): English | Spanish
- COVID-19 Myth Buster (Learn the facts and myths so you can prepare better and keep others informed)
- COVID-19 Pregnancy Guide (ACPHD, 4/17/20): English | Spanish
- Guidance for Quarantining if You Are Unable to Avoid a COVID-Positive Person in your Household (ACPHD, 8/14/20)
- Important Steps to Take While Waiting for Test Results
- Living in Crowded Conditions: Tips and Resources: English | Spanish
- Medi-Nurse COVID-19 Hotline
- Older Adults - What You Need to Know/How to Stay Safer: Arabic | Chinese (Simplified) | Chinese (Traditional) | English | Khmer | Korean | Spanish | Tagalog | Vietnamese
- Sheltering in Place Advice from Families with Children with Serious Medical Conditions (UCSF)
- Slow the Spread of COVID-19 (CDC)
- Alameda County Superior Court
- Need Health Insurance? English | Spanish (Alameda County)
- Health Plan Coverage of COVID-19 Testing (Department of Managed Healthcare, 7/30/2020)
- COVID-19 Syptoms & Prevention Flier: English | Spanish
- Videos: Shelter in Place | Reducing the Risk of Getting Sick | What does the Public Health Department do? | How to Get Food | What to do When Others Aren't Doing Their Part | Protecting the Health Of Older Adults
The Alameda County Public Health Department (ACPHD) joins our communities in grieving the continued violence against people of color in the United States. We know that peaceful protestation is a powerful way to make voices heard during this painful time. However, the COVID-19 pandemic has been affecting our communities of color the most. We ask that if protesting, please do so safely.
- Protesting & COVID-19 FAQ
PDF: English | Chinese (Simplified) | Chinese (Traditional) | Farsi | Korean | Spanish | Tagalog | Vietnamese
- Resources for Immigrants: English | Spanish | Chinese (Simplified) | Chinese (Traditional)
- Help Quitting Smoking during COVID-19: English | Spanish | Chinese | Korean | Vietnamese
- Safer Drug Use During the COVID-19 Outbreak
Paratransit and COVID-19: English | Spanish | Chinese (Simplified) | Chinese (Traditional) | Arabic | Khmer | Korean | Tagalog | Vietnamese
- How to Help Resource List (ACPHD)
- Plasma Donations from Recovered COVID-19 Patients (Red Cross)