How to Protect Yourself & Your Family 

What to do if You Feel Sick

Choose a mask that has two or more layers, completely covers your nose and mouth, and fits snugly against the sides of your face and doesn’t have gaps. The CDC has additional mask guidance here. A proper fitting KN-95 mask is ideal in non-healthcare settings, but not everyone has this type of mask

Most people recover from COVID-19 infection within weeks, but a percentage of individuals (including children and otherwise healthy people) experience symptoms for longer than four weeks. The virus can damage the lungs, heart, kidneys, skin, and brain, which may increase the risk of long-term health problems. Even people who did not have symptoms when they were infected can have post-COVID conditions.

Some of those symptoms include:

If you’ve tested positive for COVID-19, one of the first questions you may have is, What can I do to reduce the risk of getting sicker? The good news is, there are treatments that may reduce that risk. Depending on your age, health history, and how long you’ve had symptoms of COVID-19, you may qualify for a promising form of treatment for the disease. It’s called antiviral treatment.

State law requires all pet owners to vaccinate their dogs, cats, and ferrets. You can also vaccinate livestock such as horses, cows, and sheep. 

Keeping your pets and livestock up to date on their rabies vaccinations is one of the easiest and most effective ways you can protect yourself, your family, and your pets from this fatal disease. Information on year-round low-cost ($10 or less) rabies clinics and mobile rabies clinics can be found at the links below or contact your local veterinarian to make an appointment to get your pet vaccinated.

Anyone bitten or scratched by a wild, stray or unvaccinated animal needs to care for the wound properly and contact their health care provider. The health care provider is required to report the incident to DPH.

If you do not seek medical treatment for the wound, you are required to contact your county office to report the incident by the end of the following business day.

Click the image above to view the DPH Mosquito-Borne Disease Viewer.

In an effort to control the hepatitis A outbreak in South Carolina, DPH is seeking partnerships with county emergency management services, emergency departments at select hospitals and others to help vaccinate people in high-risk groups. Those high-risk groups include people who use injection or non-injection drugs, people who are homeless, people who are or recently were incarcerated, and men who have sex with men. These webinars have been produced to educate and inform potential DPH partners about the outbreak, what they can do to help, and how to get involved.

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Last updated: May 26, 2022