LibGuides: COVID-19: coronavirus disease: Overview

TxWes COVID-19 Information

This guide is a general resource about COVID-19. For up-to-date information regarding Texas Wesleyan University's response to COVID-19, please see the TxWes Coronovirus page.

The map below is an up-to-date visualization of reported COVID-19 cases. COVID-19 may also be referred to as: Novel Coronavirus or 2019-nCoV.

Updates from Health Agencies

CDC Situation Summary
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is closely monitoring an outbreak of respiratory illness caused by a novel (new) coronavirus first identified in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China. The site provides situational updates and guidance to state and local health departments and health care providers.
City of Fort Worth
The City of Fort Worth is working with its partners at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Texas Department of Health and Human Services, and Tarrant County Public Health to closely monitor the COVID-19 outbreak.
NIH Coronavirus Summary
The National Institutes of Health provides largely consumer-level information on COVID-19.
Tarrant County Public Health
Tarrant County Public Health’s Emergency Preparedness staff is working closely with the CDC and Texas Department of State Health Services to get the latest updates on this evolving situation.
Texas Department of State Health Services
The Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) is working closely with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in monitoring the new coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‑19) that is causing an outbreak of respiratory illness worldwide.
WHO COVID-19 Dashboard
On this website you can find information and guidance from WHO regarding the current outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

Health Care and Patient Information

WHO Advice for the Public
This evidence-based advice for the public includes myth-busters, prevention behaviors, and more.
WHO Travel Advice
Information for travelers and traveler safety during COVID-19 outbreak.
CDC Preventing the Spread of COVID-19 in Homes & Residential Communities
Practical guidance to avoiding the spread of COVID-19; information in Spanish & simplified Chinese also available through this link.

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This guide is reused, revised, and remixed based on this guide with permission from Anna White at GVSU University Libraries and this guide with permission from Robin Sewell at Texas A&M University Libraries.

COVID-19: coronavirus disease

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TxWes COVID-19 Information

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