The majority of people with COVID-19 will experience mild symptoms and can care for themselves at home. If you are caring for yourself at home, follow these steps:

• Keep warm and get plenty of rest.
• Stay hydrated by drinking plenty of fluids. Fluids are more important than food.
• Cover your coughs and sneezes to keep others safe.
• Stay in a specific room away from others in your home and avoid sharing items such as dishes, bedding and towels.
• Be sure to monitor your symptoms.

If you experience two or more of the following symptoms, visit Smokey Point Urgent Care or Riverbend Urgent Care for an assessment and care recommendations: fever, cough, shortness of breath, diarrhea, lack of taste or lack of smell.

If your symptoms worsen or additional COVID-19 symptoms develop, call your provider's office or visit Smokey Point Urgent Care or Riverbend Urgent Care.

• Persistent temperature greater than 103 - 104 despite fever medication.
• Bloody sputum or increasing chest pain.
• Increasing difficulty catching your breath.
• Stiff neck preventing bending neck and placing chin on chest.

Both Smokey Point and Riverbend Urgent Cares offer care without an appointment for COVID-19 and flu symptoms weekdays from  7:30 a.m. – 7:30 p.m. and weekends and holidays from 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.