Protecting the public’s health and safety is priority at the Jessamine County Health Department (JCHD). How is Jessamine County responding to COVID-19? If your test is positive, isolate at home for 10 days. If you have symptoms of COVID-19, you should get tested and stay home and away from others. You should still watch out for symptoms of COVID-19, especially if you’ve been around someone who is sick. You will still need to follow guidance at your workplace and local businesses. To reduce the risk of being infected with the Delta variant and possibly spreading it to others, wear a mask indoors in public if you are in an area of substantial or high transmission. If you’ve been fully vaccinated, you can resume activities that you did prior to the pandemic.
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In general, people are considered fully vaccinated 2 weeks after their second dose in a 2-dose series (such as Pfizer or Moderna vacccines) or 2 weeks after a single-dose vaccine (such as Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen vaccine).
Always wash hands with soap and water if hands are visibly dirty.
If soap and water are not readily available, use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer with at least 60% alcohol. WASH YOUR HANDS OFTEN with soap and water for at least 20 seconds, especially after going to the bathroom before eating and after blowing your nose, coughing, or sneezing.AVOID CROWDS AND POORLY VENTILATED SPACES.STAY 6 FEET AWAY from people who don’t live in your household or symptomatic household members.WEAR A MASK – If you are not fully vaccinated and aged 2 years or older, or you are in an area of substantial or high transmission regardless of vaccination status, you should wear a mask in indoor public places.JCHD always recommends everyday preventive actions to help prevent the spread of respiratory diseases, including: The best way to prevent illness is to avoid being exposed to this virus. There are vaccines available to prevent COVID-19, however, children under 12 year of age cannot receive the vaccine at this time. **Seek emergency medical care if you experience chest pain, blue or gray lips/finger nails, or difficulty staying awake.** Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing.People with these symptoms may have COVID-19: If you develop symptoms, you should isolate immediately and consider getting a COVID-19 test. Symptoms may appear 2-14 days after exposure to the virus. People with COVID-19 have had a wide range of symptoms reported – ranging from mild symptoms to severe illness. Touching eyes, nose, or mouth with hands that have the virus on them.Having these small droplets and particles that contain virus land on the eyes, nose, or mouth, especially through splashes and sprays like a cough or sneeze.Breathing in air when close to an infected person who is exhaling small droplets and particles that contain the virus.
People who are closer than 6 feet from the infected person are most likely to get infected. In some circumstances they may contaminate surfaces they touch. These droplets and particles can be breathed in by other people or land on their eyes, nose, or mouth. COVID-19 is not the same as the coronaviruses that commonly circulate among humans and cause mild illness, like the common cold.ĬOVID-19 spreads when an infected person breathes out droplets and very small particles that contain the virus. The new virus causing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been identified as a severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). What is a novel ( new) coronavirus “COVID-19”?