Ten personal actions to prepare for just in case if you get an omicron infection

  • Have the phone numbers of your primary care physician/clinic and your own emergency contacts handy. Also find out who or where will provide care/medical advice during the off-hours, weekends, and holidays. Know your options. Virtual visits can be available (e.g., Carbon Health) but you need to check out with your insurance about coverage first.
  • Look up if there are any test-to-treat programs close by you to get the oral antivirals (Paxlovid or Molnupiravir) if you are eligible (symptoms within 5 days and at risk for serious disease). Find out if your insurance will pay for these programs. Click here to access the Test to Treat Locator in English, simplified Chinese, or Spanish, or call 1-800-232-0233 (TTY 1-888-720-7489) to get help in English, Cantonese, Mandarin, Spanish, and over 150 languages – 8:00 am to midnight ET, 7 days a week. For San Franciscans, the test to treat programs are in some CVS and Walgreen drug stores and the Locator above will give you the exact addresses. For Kaiser patients or those using Northeast Medical Services in San Francisco or Asian Health Services in Oakland, these providers may have a supply of Paxlovid or Molnupiravir in their pharmacies. But you should check it out beforehand.
  • Make sure yours and all family members’ CoVID vaccinations are up to date.
  • You should have a thermometer and pulse oximeter available at home.
  • Have available at home over-the-counter medications for treating the most common symptoms - cough, nasal congestion, headaches and fevers – a pharmacist at your local drug store can give you recommendations if you don’t know what drugs to get.
  • Sanitizers such as Clorox wipes.
  • N-95 or equivalent facial masks.
  • Rapid antigen tests – Test yourself when symptoms subside to make sure you get a negative test.
  • Have a portable air purifier with HEPA filter that you can use in the isolation room.
  • Have at least a five-day food and beverage supply at home.



有備無患 -十項做好準備為萬一感染新冠肺炎的行動

  • 準備好您的個人保健醫生/診所和您自己的緊急聯繫人的電話號碼。尤其在非工作時間、週末和節假日。先查看您的保險以了解承保範圍。您的選擇或可以包括遠程醫療 看診(telemedicine, 例如Carbon Health）
  • 如果您符合條件（在 5 天內出現症狀並有患嚴重疾病的風險），需要提前知道在哪裡可以買到口服抗病毒藥（帕克洛韋Paxlovid 或 莫努匹韋Molnupiravir）。請查看您附近是否有任何”測試至治療” (Test-to-Treat)計劃，也先查看您的保險是否會支付這些特別計劃的費用。單擊此處以使用英語、簡體中文或西班牙語查看Test to Treat Locator地址定位器，或致電 1-800-232-0233 (TTY 1-888-720-7489) 以獲取英語、粵語、普通話、西班牙語和超過 150 種語言服務 – 服務時間每週 7 天，美國東部時間上午 8:00 至午夜。在舊金山，”測試至治療”項目設在一些 CVS Walgreen 和 Safeway的藥店，上面的地址定位器會給你準確的地址。對於 Kaiser 患者或在舊金山東北醫療中心 Northeast Medical Services 或在奧克蘭亞健社Asian Health Services 的患者，它們的藥房可能有帕克洛韋Paxlovid 或莫努匹韋Molnupiravir 供應。但是你應該事先查清楚。
  • 確保您和所有家庭成員接種全部的新冠病毒疫苗 (包括加強針)。
  • 家裡應該有溫度計和脈搏血氧儀。
  • 在家中備有治療最常見症狀(咳嗽、鼻塞、頭痛和發燒)的非處方藥 - 如果您不知道該買什麼藥，藥店的藥劑師可以為您提供建議。
  • 消毒劑，例如 Clorox 濕巾。
  • N-95 或等效力面罩。
  • 快速抗原檢測 - 症狀消退時進行自我檢測，要在停止隔離前獲得陰性結果。
  • 有一個帶 HEPA 過濾器的便攜式空氣淨化器在隔離室使用。
  • 家里至少有五天的食品和飲料供應。