If you have COVID-19 or think you have COVID-19, follow the steps below to take care of yourself and others in your home and community. Like adults, babies and children with COVID-19 may have fever, cough, sore throat, difficulty breathing and diarrhea. Children with COVID-19 typically have a milder illness than adults and rarely need to be treated in hospital. But in some reported cases, very young babies are seriously ill with pneumonia due to coronavirus infection. Call 911 or call your local emergency room in advance: Inform the operator that you are caring for someone with or likely to have COVID-19. If you or a family member has any of these symptoms, call 911 or your local emergency room immediately and let the operator know you are calling someone who may be sick with COVID-19: Yes. During the recovery process, people with COVID-19 may experience recurrent symptoms that alternate with periods when they feel better. Different degrees of fever, fatigue and breathing problems can be turned on and off, occurring for days or even weeks. People at higher risk of complications or who have been hospitalized for COVID-19 or influenza should receive supportive medical care to relieve symptoms and complications. Three COVID-19 vaccines have been approved by the FDA as part of an EUA.

Other vaccines are being developed to prevent COVID-19. If you have any of the following symptoms, call your doctor. He or she will tell you if you need a test and recommend what you need to do. We continue to learn more about the virus and its variants and will share new information when we have it. Don`t be so quick to dismiss the possibility of COVID-19. Although fever is a common symptom of this virus, it is still possible to have COVID-19 without a fever, especially in the first few days after infection. In fact, one study found that only 55.5% of COVID-19 patients surveyed reported having a fever. Another study found that only 51.2% of COVID-19 patients who presented to emergency departments had a fever. These results suggest that a significant proportion of COVID-19 patients do not have a fever.

What you can do if you have possible or confirmed COVID-19: COVID-19 and the flu can have different signs and symptoms, ranging from no (asymptomatic) symptoms to severe symptoms. Common symptoms that have COVID-19 and the flu in common include: Symptoms can begin between two and 14 days after infection with the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. A study conducted by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health shows that the median time to onset of symptoms is about five days. That`s why the CDC uses the 14-day quarantine period for people after exposure to the coronavirus. Early symptoms reported by some people include fatigue, headache, sore throat or fever. Others experience a loss of smell or taste. COVID-19 can cause mild symptoms at first, but then they intensify over a period of five to seven days, with worsening cough and shortness of breath. Some people develop pneumonia with COVID-19. If you do not have a fever, you should pay close attention to other possible indicators of COVID-19.

Some of the most common symptoms of COVID-19 include: If you feel sick, call your doctor`s office or health center and explain your symptoms over the phone. They will discuss next steps, including whether you should get tested for COVID-19. If you have COVID-19, mild cases can be treated at home with rest and self-isolation. If you become seriously ill, you may need hospital treatment. If you have non-urgent symptoms of COVID-19, you should get tested as soon as possible. If you turn out to have COVID-19, you should isolate yourself from others to avoid transmitting the virus. And if your test rules out the possibility of COVID-19, you know you need to start investigating other possible causes of your symptoms. The coronavirus affects people differently. Some people have no symptoms and may not even know they are sick, even though they can transmit the coronavirus to others. Some of these symptoms are very common and can occur in many conditions other than COVID-19, the disease caused by the SARS-2 coronavirus.