COVID-19 UPDATE: White House issues new COVID-19 guidelines

White House issues new guideline to slow the spread of coronavirus

The new recommendations are simple to follow but will have a resounding impact on public health.

While the President leads a nationwide response, bringing together government resources and private-sector ingenuity, every American can help slow the virus' spread and keep our most high-risk populations safe:

• to and follow the directions of your state and local authorities.

• you feel sick, stay home. Do not go to work. Contact your medical provider.

• your children are sick, keep them at home. Contact your medical provider.

• someone in your household has tested positive for the Coronavirus, keep the entire household at home.

• you are an older American, stay home and away from other people.

• you are a person with a serious underlying health condition--such as a significant heart or lung problem--stay home and away from other people.