At INTEGRIS Health, we are continuing to monitor the COVID-19 situation on a daily basis. We will continue to provide updates as the situation develops.
At INTEGRIS Health, we are continuing to monitor the COVID-19 situation on a daily basis. There is no treatment to cure COVID-19 at this time. If you are sick, staying home and letting the illness run its course is what most people will need to do.
Stay Home & Practice Social DistancingIf you can, work from home and limit time spent in crowded public spaces. Stay away from public gatherings of more than 10 people. Put a six-foot distance between yourself and other people wherever possible and follow the CDC guidelines.
Use the Oklahoma State Department of Health's interactive map to find the closest testing site.
Get the latest information from the CDC and State of Oklahoma on vaccine availability and how INTEGRIS Health plays an important role.
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There are currently no vaccines available to protect you against human coronavirus infection. Like any virus, you can reduce the chance of getting Coronavirus by doing the following:
If you have cold or flu-like symptoms, you can help protect others by doing the following:
For confirmed Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) infections, reported illnesses have ranged from people being mildly sick to people being severely ill and dying.
Symptoms can include:
CDC believes at this time that symptoms of 2019-nCoV may appear in as few as 2 days or as long as 14 after exposure. This is based on what has been seen previously as the incubation period of MERS viruses.
*Source- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
There are no specific treatments for illnesses caused by human coronaviruses. Most people with common human coronavirus illness will recover on their own. However, you can do some things to relieve your symptoms:
If you are mildly sick, you should:
If you are concerned about your symptoms, you should see your INTEGRIS Health provider.
If you feel this is an emergency, call 9-1-1.
Please wear a mask in our facilities and around other people if you have a fever, are coughing, sneezing, have a runny nose, or are having difficulty breathing. Please also consider using one of our telehealth options to see a board-certified doctor or nurse practitioner from wherever you have internet access. You’ll receive specific care recommendations from the comfort of your home.
Human coronaviruses most commonly spread from an infected person to others through:
Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses that are common in many different species of animals, including camels, cattle, cats, and bats. Rarely, animal coronaviruses can infect people and then spread between people such as with MERS and SARS.
When person-to-person spread has occurred with MERS and SARS, it is thought to have happened mainly via respiratory droplets produced when an infected person coughs or sneezes, similar to how influenza and other respiratory pathogens spread. Spread of SARS and MERS between people has generally occurred between close contacts.
It’s important to note that how easily a virus spreads person-to-person can vary. Some viruses are highly contagious (like measles), while other viruses are less so. It’s important to know this in order to better understand the risk associated with this virus. While CDC considers this is a very serious public health threat, based on current information, the immediate health risk from Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) to the general American public is considered low at this time.
There is much more to learn about the transmissibility, severity, and other features associated with 2019-nCoV and investigations are ongoing. The latest situation summary updates are available on CDC’s web page 2019 Novel Coronavirus.
*Source- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Influenza (Flu) and COVID-19 are both contagious respiratory illnesses, but they are caused by different viruses. COVID-19 is caused by infection with a new coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) and flu is caused by infection with influenza viruses.
