Prevention measures to reduce risks for COVID‐19  Practice good hygiene
○ Wash hands often for >20 seconds with soap and water or 60% alcohol sanitizer
○ Avoid touching eyes, nose, and mouth with unwashed hands
○ Sneeze or cough into a tissue or inside of the elbow
○ Disinfect surfaces and used items frequently with soap and water and Environmental Protection Agency–registered household disinfectants or bleach solution (4 teaspoons [20 mL] bleach per quart [or 1 L] water)
Limit close social contact
○ Learn signs and symptoms of COVID‐19, and follow local disease trends
○ Stay home as much as possible, particularly persons who are ill, older (>65 years) adults, and those at risk for severe COVID‐19
○ Persons who are ill, call a health care provider
○ Consider 2‐week supply of medications, food, and other essentials
○ When out in public, keep social distance of at least 6 feet and wear a cloth face cover
○ Avoid gatherings of >10 persons
○ Work or attend school from home
○ Avoid unnecessary travel
○ Avoid visits to nursing homes or long‐term retirement facilities
Protect patients and health care workers
○ Reduce facility risks: screen for COVID‐19 symptoms on entry; reduce visits; practice telemedicine
○ Isolate symptomatic patients as soon as possible
○ Protect health care personnel with recommended infection‐control procedures
Recommended testing in consultation with health care provider  Hospitalized patients
Persons with symptoms of COVID‐19
○ Health care facility workers
○ Patients in long‐term care facilities
○ Patients >65 years of age
○ Patients with underlying conditions with symptoms
○ First responders
Critical infrastructure workers and others with symptoms
Health care facility workers and first responders
Persons mildly ill in communities with high numbers of COVID‐19 hospitalizations
Good information resources  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html
World Health Organization: https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019
Infectious Disease Society of America: https://www.idsociety.org/public-health/COVID-19-Resource-Center/
American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases: https://www.aasld.org/about-aasld/covid-19-resources
European Association for the Study of the Liver: https://easl.eu/covid-19-and-the-liver/
European Centre for Disease Control and Prevention: https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/covid-19-pandemic
The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America: https://www.shea-online.org/