Anyone with COVID-19 symptoms should get appropriate medical care immediately.

• Clients showing symptoms should be immediately taken home for appropriate care.

• For employees, if symptoms are:

  • Mild. Stay home or go home immediately. Rest. Drink fluids. Take acetaminophen to reduce fever. If symptoms get worse, call your healthcare provider.

  • Severe. For serious symptoms, including a fever above 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit, call your healthcare provider. If you need to find a healthcare provider, call 1-877-PA-HEALTH (1-877-724-3258).

  • If an emergency, call 911. Get emergency medical help if you have trouble breathing, chest pain or pressure, confusion, inability to stay awake or wake up, or bluish lips or face.
    

If your business has exposure to a likely or confirmed case of COVID-19, take the following steps:

• Keep others out of the areas used or visited by the sick person.

• Clean and disinfect. Wait at least 24 hours (or for as long as practical) before cleaning and disinfecting the area visited or used by the sick person. Do the same for all shared areas and equipment used by the sick person.

• Open windows and doors to let air in. Use ventilation fans to help circulate air.

• Identify and notify employees who were in close contact with the sick person. Close contact means within six feet for 10 minutes or more up to 48 hours before the first symptoms appeared. Tell employees who have had close contact with someone with possible symptoms of COVID-19. If they develop symptoms, send them home.
  

Employees with suspected or confirmed cases of COVID-19 can return to work after meeting all three requirements set by the CDC guidelines:

• 3 days with no fever

• Symptoms improved

• 10 days since first symptoms

Clients with suspected or confirmed cases of COVID-19 can resume receiving services after meeting all three requirements set by the CDC guidelines listed above.