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A full course of a COVID-19 vaccine provides protection against severe disease, including against the Omicron variant, but this protection wears off over time. If you are eligible and you have not yet received your full course of a COVID-19 vaccine, you should get vaccinated. The COVID-19 vaccines are safe and effective and vaccine programmes are continuously monitored. They also reduce the risk of long-term symptoms. They provide good protection against hospitalisation and death. Vaccines are the best defence we have against COVID-19 and other respiratory infections such as flu. There is guidance on steps you can take to protect other people if you are unwell with symptoms of a respiratory infection, including COVID-19. If you have symptoms of a respiratory infection, such as COVID-19, and you have a high temperature or do not feel well enough to go to work or carry out normal activities, you are advised to try to stay at home and avoid contact with other people.

Let fresh air in if meeting others indoors.įace coverings and face masks can help reduce the chance of you spreading infection to others, especially in crowded and enclosed spaces, and may protect you from becoming infected by some respiratory viruses.There are simple things you can do in your daily life that will help reduce the spread of COVID-19 and other respiratory infections and protect those at highest risk. They could be strangers (for example people you sit next to on public transport) or people you may have regular contact with (for example friends and work colleagues). You will not always know whether someone you come into contact with is at higher risk of becoming seriously ill from respiratory infections, including COVID-19.

The particles can also land on surfaces and be passed from person to person via touch. These particles can be breathed in or can come into contact with the eyes, nose, or mouth. When someone with a respiratory viral infection such as COVID-19 breathes, speaks, coughs or sneezes, they release small particles that contain the virus which causes the infection. The risk of catching or passing on COVID-19 is greatest when someone who is infected is physically close to, or sharing an enclosed and/or poorly ventilated space with, other people. You may be infected with a respiratory virus such as COVID-19 and not have any symptoms but still pass infection onto others. These actions will also help to reduce the spread of other respiratory infections, such as flu, which can spread easily and may cause serious illness in some people.ĬOVID-19, along with many other respiratory infections such as influenza (flu), can spread easily and cause serious illness in some people. As we learn to live safely with coronavirus (COVID-19), there are actions we can all take to help reduce the risk of catching COVID-19 and passing it on to others.

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