If You Test Positive for COVID
Please call your doctor, not the ECDOH, with questions about your own health and for advice on managing symptoms. If you are having trouble breathing or are experiencing severe symptoms, call 9-1-1 immediately.
Stay home and isolate away from others (including people you live with who are not sick) if you have respiratory virus symptoms to prevent spreading the virus to others.
Guidance for Non-Healthcare Settings
- Follow the NY State Department of Health updated recommendations on when to stay home and when to go back to normal activities after respiratory illnesses including COVID-19, influenza, and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) - updated 3/7/2024.
- Current CDC isolation recommendations
- Complete CDC respiratory virus guidance
Guidance for Healthcare Settings
What to Tell Your Close Contacts
COVID Treatment
COVID-19 treatments help prevent severe disease. COVID-19 treatments work best when you receive them as soon as possible after becoming sick, so it's important to get tested and talk to your doctor right away to find the treatment that is best for you. All treatments require a prescription.
- See COVID-19 treatment page for more information or call your healthcare provider.
Long COVID
- WNY Long COVID Recovery Center or call 716-323-0674
Resources & Support
- NY Paid Family Leave or call the Paid Family Leave Helpline at (844) 337-6303
- Community resources
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