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2. Transmission of COVID-19 - Wikipedia

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   The transmission of COVID-19 is the passing of coronavirus disease 2019 from person to person. COVID-19 is mainly transmitted when people breathe in air contaminated by droplets/aerosols and small airborne particles containing the virus. Infected people exhale those particles as they breathe, talk, cough, sneeze, or sing.

3. What Covid-19 precautions should you be taking now? A ... - AOL

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   Those who are still vulnerable should take added precautions to avoid contracting Covid-19 in the first place. This includes wearing a well-fitting, high-quality N95 or equivalent mask in crowded ...

4. Isolation (health care) - Wikipedia

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   Transmission-based precautions are additional infection control precautions – over and above universal/standard precautions – and the latest routine infection prevention and control practices applied for patients who are known or suspected to be infected or colonized with infectious agents, including certain epidemiologically important ...

5. Source control (respiratory disease) - Wikipedia

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   Also in 2023, new draft guidelines were proposed by the CDC HICPAC, to update the pre-COVID 2007 Guideline for Isolation Precautions: Preventing Transmission of Infectious Agents in Healthcare Settings. [a] The proposed updates were met with disapproval by the National Nurses United union, as they felt the changes did not go far enough. [40]

6. Got COVID? Here are the new 2024 isolation guidelines

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   Paxlovid (nirmatrelvir with ritonavir), the oral COVID antiviral manufactured by Pfizer, cuts your risk of hospitalization by over half and risk of death by 75%, according to the CDC.

7. COVID-19 could spread by airborne transmission: CDC - AOL

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   U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Monday updated its guidance saying COVID-19 can sometimes be spread by airborne transmission.

8. Transmission-based precautions - Wikipedia

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   Transmission-based precautions are infection-control precautions in health care, in addition to the so-called "standard precautions". They are the latest routine infection prevention and control practices applied for patients who are known or suspected to be infected or colonized with infectious agents, including certain epidemiologically important pathogens, which require additional control ...

9. Face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States

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   A public service announcement from the Government of California encouraging people to wear masks to "slow the spread". In late March 2020, some government officials began to focus on the wearing of masks to help prevent transmission of COVID-19 as opposed to protecting the wearer; former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb stated in a report that face masks would be "most effective" at slowing its ...