WGY News: Employees at SPHP Must be Vaccinated Against COVID

With COVID on the rise as we enter cold and flu season, knowing how to test and treat your respiratory illness at home is critical.

With cold and flu season looming, it’s important to remember that washing your hands is still the gold standard against infectious diseases such as colds, the flu and even more serious diseases like COVID-19. But do you know the proper way to wash?

During an interview with WTEN, Thea Dalfino, MD, chief medical officer for SPHP Acute Care, stressed that people with mild COVID symptoms, or those who are asymptomatic, should not go the emergency department to get tested.