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COVID-19 Guidance for Pregnancy, Birth and Postpartum

4/29/2020

Every day we are learning more about the disease caused by the coronavirus (COVID-19) and how to care for people during pregnancy, birth and postpartum. As we learn more, recommendations may change, but this is what we know now.

Having COVID-19 during pregnancy

So far, pregnant people do not appear to be at greater risk for illness and complications from COVID-19 than other adults who are not pregnant. It is unlikely that your baby will get COVID-19 while you are pregnant.

It's always important to protect yourself from illness during pregnancy so complications don't develop.

Talk with your healthcare provider if you are sick or think you have been around someone who has COVID-19

Trouble breathing (more than what has been normal for you during pregnancy)
Ongoing pain or pressure in the chest
Sudden confusion
Being unable to respond to others
Blue lips or face

LABOR & BIRTH with suspected or confirmed COVID-19

If you have COVID-19, talk with your healthcare provider about what will happen during labor, delivery and postpartum. After your baby is born, it is possible for your baby to get sick with COVID-19. Discuss your options with your healthcare team and make a decisions that feels right to you.

Your provider may recommend one of the following:

You and your baby stay in the
same room together

If you stay in the same room, wear a face mask or cloth face covering and wash your hands before handling your baby.

You and your baby stay in
separate rooms

Your provider may recommend that a person who is not sick care for your baby until you are no longer able to pass COVID-19 to other people .

CARING FOR YOUR BABY AT HOME with suspected or confirmed COVID-19

If you have COVID-19 when you and your baby go home from the hospital, you may need to take precautions to prevent passing it to your baby. Discuss your options with your healthcare team and make a decision that feels right to you.

Your provider may recommend one of the following when you go home from the hospital:

You and your baby stay in the same room together at your home

If you stay in the same room, you can help protect your baby from getting COVID-19 by wearing a face mask or cloth face covering and washing your hands before holding or being close to your baby.
Talk with your provider about when you can stop wearing a face mask or cloth face covering and washing your hands when caring for your baby.

You and your baby stay in
separate rooms in your home

Your provider may recommend that a person who is not sick care for your baby until you are no longer able to pass COVID-19 to other people.
Talk with your healthcare provider about when you and your baby can stop staying in separate rooms.

FEEDING YOUR BABY with suspected or confirmed COVID-19

While you have COVID-19, wear a face mask or cloth face covering and wash your hands before nursing, formula feeding, or bottle feeding human milk (breast milk) to protect your baby.

Nursing

Feeding your baby human milk (breast milk) is recommended. It contains cells that protect babies from getting sick and supports healthy growth and development.

Nursing causes the release of hormones (oxytocin) that helps you and your baby bond with each other. Nursing also has these benefits:

Helps slow postpartum bleeding
Helps with postpartum depression
Calms the breastfeeding parent and the baby
Fosters growth and healing in your baby

Human milk (breast milk) protects babies from many illnesses including:

Diarrhea and a sick stomach
Problems with breathing
Infections (sepsis)
Sudden infant death syndrome
Ear infections
Bladder infections

Bottle-feeding

You, your partner, or another caregiver can swaddle and cuddle your infant while bottle-feeding formula or human milk (breast milk). This helps with:

Bonding between the caregivers and your baby
Calms the caregiver and your baby
Fosters growth and healing in your baby

A person who is not sick can feed your baby human milk (breast milk) to your baby. Babies that are bottle-fed human milk get all the nutrition benefits that come from nursing.Wash your hands and wear a face mask or cloth face covering when pumping

Wash your hands and wear a face mask or cloth face covering before cleaning your pump, bottles, and milk storage containers. While you have COVID-19, you should wash your pumping equipment and after your pump.

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COVID-19 Recomendaciones de Salud Pública

4/23/2020

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DISTANCIAMIENTO SOCIALAYUDE A EVITAR LA PROPOGACIÓN DE LA COVID-19

4/23/2020

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¿PREOCUPADO POR LA GRIPE O EL CORONAVIRUS?AYUDA A COMBATIRLA PROPAGACIÓN DEENFERMEDADES

4/23/2020

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Coronavirus (COVID-19): protección para los trabajadores de tiendas de comestibles

4/23/2020

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COVID-19 Información y consejos

4/23/2020

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Conviertete en un Superhéroe de Salud Publica - Be a Public Health Superhero!

4/23/2020

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A Message From Pacific County Residents - "Stay home, stay healthy."

4/21/2020

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Economic Impact Payments: What you need to know

4/14/2020

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Economic Impact Payments: What you need to know

Who is eligible for the economic impact payment?

Tax filers with adjusted gross income up to $75,000 for individuals and up to $150,000 for married couples filing joint returns will receive the full payment.
For filers with income above those amounts, the payment amount is reduced by $5 for each $100 above the $75,000/$150,000 thresholds.
Single filers with income exceeding $99,000 and $198,000 for joint filers with no children are not eligible.
Social Security recipients and railroad retirees who are otherwise not required to file a tax return are also eligible and will not be required to file a return.
Eligible taxpayers who filed tax returns for either 2019 or 2018 will automatically receive an economic impact payment of up to $1,200 for individuals or $2,400 for married couples and up to $500 for each qualifying child.

How will the IRS know where to send my payment?

The vast majority of people do not need to take any action. The IRS will calculate and automatically send the economic impact payment to those eligible.

For people who have already filed their 2019 tax returns, the IRS will use this information to calculate the payment amount. For those who have not yet filed their return for 2019, the IRS will use information from their 2018 tax filing to calculate the payment. The economic impact payment will be deposited directly into the same banking account reflected on the return filed.

The IRS does not have my direct deposit information. What can I do?

In the coming weeks, Treasury plans to develop a web-based portal for individuals to provide their banking information to the IRS online, so that individuals can receive payments immediately as opposed to checks in the mail.

I am not typically required to file a tax return. Can I still receive my payment?

Yes. The IRS will use the information on the Form SSA-1099 or Form RRB-1099 to generate Economic Impact Payments to recipients of benefits reflected in the Form SSA-1099 or Form RRB-1099 who are not required to file a tax return and did not file a return for 2018 or 2019. This includes senior citizens, Social Security recipients and railroad retirees who are not otherwise required to file a tax return.

Since the IRS would not have information regarding any dependents for these people, each person would receive $1,200 per person, without the additional amount for any dependents at this time.

I have a tax filing obligation but have not filed my tax return for 2018 or 2019. Can I still receive an economic impact payment?

Yes. The IRS urges anyone with a tax filing obligation who has not yet filed a tax return for 2018 or 2019 to file as soon as they can to receive an economic impact payment. Taxpayers should include direct deposit banking information on the return

I need to file a tax return. How long are the economic impact payments available?

For those concerned about visiting a tax professional or local community organization in person to get help with a tax return, these economic impact payments will be available throughout the rest of 2020.

Where can I get more information?

The IRS will post all key information on IRS.gov/coronavirus as soon as it becomes available.
The IRS has a reduced staff in many of its offices but remains committed to helping eligible individuals receive their payments expeditiously. Check for updated information on IRS.gov/coronavirus rather than calling IRS assistors who are helping process 2019 returns.

Please visit IRS.gov for more information.

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Spread the Facts - #3

4/13/2020

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Stigma Reduction Misinformation about coronavirus and COVID-19 can create fear and hostility that hurts people and makes it harder to keep everyone healthy.

We’re stronger as a community when we stand together against discrimination. Take advantage of these resources to prevent, interrupt, and respond to stigma.

What can we do as individuals?

Rely on and share trusted sources of information such as..
Speak up if you hear, see, or read stigmatizing or harassing comments or misinformation.
Show compassion and support for individuals and communities more closely impacted.
Avoid stigmatizing people who are in quarantine. They are making the right choice for their communities.
Do not make assumptions about someone’s health status based on their ethnicity, race or national origin.

What can we do as professionals?

Stay updated and informed on COVID-19 to avoid miscommunication or inaccurate information
Talk openly about the harm of stigma
View people directly impacted by stigma as people first
Be conscious of your language
Acknowledge access & language barriers
Check your own stigmas and biases
Support community with where to access credible information
Be transparent about COVID-19
Stick to the facts

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Pacific County COVID-19
News and Resources Blog

COVID-19 Guidance for Pregnancy, Birth and Postpartum

Having COVID-19 during pregnancy

LABOR & BIRTH with suspected or confirmed COVID-19

You and your baby stay in the
same room together

You and your baby stay in
separate rooms

CARING FOR YOUR BABY AT HOME with suspected or confirmed COVID-19

You and your baby stay in the same room together at your home

You and your baby stay in
separate rooms in your home

FEEDING YOUR BABY with suspected or confirmed COVID-19

Bottle-feeding

COVID-19 Recomendaciones de Salud Pública

DISTANCIAMIENTO SOCIALAYUDE A EVITAR LA PROPOGACIÓN DE LA COVID-19

¿PREOCUPADO POR LA GRIPE O EL CORONAVIRUS?AYUDA A COMBATIRLA PROPAGACIÓN DEENFERMEDADES

Coronavirus (COVID-19): protección para los trabajadores de tiendas de comestibles

COVID-19 Información y consejos

Conviertete en un Superhéroe de Salud Publica - Be a Public Health Superhero!

A Message From Pacific County Residents - "Stay home, stay healthy."

Economic Impact Payments: What you need to know

Economic Impact Payments: What you need to know

Who is eligible for the economic impact payment?

How will the IRS know where to send my payment?

The IRS does not have my direct deposit information. What can I do?

I am not typically required to file a tax return. Can I still receive my payment?

I have a tax filing obligation but have not filed my tax return for 2018 or 2019. Can I still receive an economic impact payment?

I need to file a tax return. How long are the economic impact payments available?

Where can I get more information?

Spread the Facts - #3

What can we do as individuals?

What can we do as professionals?

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Pacific County COVID-19​News and Resources Blog

Having COVID-19 during pregnancy

LABOR & BIRTH with suspected or confirmed COVID-19

You and your baby stay in the​same room together

You and your baby stay in​ separate rooms

CARING FOR YOUR BABY AT HOME with suspected or confirmed COVID-19

You and your baby stay in the same room together at your home

You and your baby stay in​separate rooms in your home

FEEDING YOUR BABY with suspected or confirmed COVID-19

Bottle-feeding

​Who is eligible for the economic impact payment?

How will the IRS know where to send my payment?

​The IRS does not have my direct deposit information. What can I do?

I am not typically required to file a tax return. Can I still receive my payment?

I have a tax filing obligation but have not filed my tax return for 2018 or 2019. Can I still receive an economic impact payment?

I need to file a tax return. How long are the economic impact payments available?

Where can I get more information?

What can we do as individuals?

What can we do as professionals?

Archives

Categories

Pacific County COVID-19
News and Resources Blog

You and your baby stay in the
same room together

You and your baby stay in
separate rooms

You and your baby stay in
separate rooms in your home

Who is eligible for the economic impact payment?

The IRS does not have my direct deposit information. What can I do?