Make informed choices:
- Stay home and away from others if you feel sick or have been told to isolate or quarantine.
- Avoid closed spaces (with poor ventilation), and crowded places with people from outside of your immediate household.
- Follow public health advice and setting-specific measures.
- Consider the spread of COVID-19 in your community, including variants of concern.
- Consider your personal risk level, especially if you are at risk of more severe disease or outcomes.
- Consider the risk level of those in your immediate household.
- Consider the impact on your livelihood and personal circumstances if you need to quarantine or isolate.
- Consider limiting the use of alcohol and other substances that could impair your judgment and reduce your ability to follow public health advice.
Risk is lower when:
- You keep your close contacts to only those in your immediate household.
- You and/or those around you are following personal preventive practices: keeping interactions as few, as brief, and from the greatest physical distance possible, wearing a mask, and sanitizing or washing your hands with soap and water.
- The setting has many public health measures in place to reduce the spread of COVID-19. This is even more important with the spread of
variants of concern. - The setting is well-ventilated with fresh air from a ventilation system or open doors and/or windows.
Risk is higher when:
- You increase your close contacts with people from outside of your immediate household.
- You spend time indoors in closed spaces (with poor ventilation) and crowded places with people from outside your immediate household.
- You and/or those around you ARE NOT following personal preventive practices: interactions are NOT few or brief, NOT from the greatest physical distance possible, NOT wearing a mask, and NOT sanitizing or washing your hands.
- The setting doesn’t have or has limited public health measures in place to help reduce the spread of COVID-19, and variants of concern.
- The setting is poorly-ventilated from lack of ventilation systems or not being able to open doors and/or windows.
