Image description: showing symptoms on the body (fever, runny nose, dry cough, shortness of breath, fatigue, body aches, and severe symptoms are a high fever of 100.4 or higher and pneumonia)

Transmission: spread from person to person through sneezing or cough, because respiratory droplets containing the virus can remain on surfaces even after the ill person is no longer near.

• A person may be at higher risk if they are

  • An older adult

  • They have a serious chronic medical condition such as heart disease, diabetes, and lung disease

  • They smoke regularly

  • They are pregnant

• People with food insecurities, financial hardship, housing insecurities, and limited access to healthcare are at greater risk for Covid-19

  • Undocumented individuals, educators, health care workers, and incarcerated people are more vulnerable to exposure