What can you do about the COVID-19 (Corona) virus? The best available guidance from the Minnesota Department of Health for avoiding coronavirus disease is to take the same precautions you take for avoiding colds and flu: Wash your hands thoroughly with soap and warm water for at least 20 seconds; cover your cough and sneeze, cough or sneeze into the crook of your arm; avoid touching your face with unwashed hands; stay home when you’re sick; social distance if you can/stay at least six feet away from others; and stay informed. Visit the Minnesota Department of Health and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) websites often.
Follow the Minnesota Department of Health recommendations: As always, be prepared in case you get sick and need to stay home. Keep enough food, but don’t hoard food – think of others. Keep enough regular prescription drugs and other necessities on hand in case you need to stay home and are not able to easily go out. Make plans to care for sick household members and know what you would do if there are long extended school closures or childcare program closures. If you need to travel, check the CDC website for updated travel advisories.
Keep up to date at health.state.mn.us/diseases/coronavirus/prevention and cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/.