• Patients may have fever, cough, runny nose, shortness of breath and other symptoms.
• In more severe cases, infection can cause pneumonia with severe acute respiratory distress.

• The first symptoms of COVID-19 and influenza (flu) infections are often very similar. They both cause fever and similar respiratory symptoms, which can then range from mild through to severe disease, and sometimes can be fatal.
• Both viruses are also transmitted in the same way, by coughing or sneezing, or by contact with hands, surfaces or objects contaminated with the virus. As a result, the same public health measures, such as hand hygiene (hand washing), good respiratory etiquette (coughing into your elbow or into a tissue and immediately disposing of the tissue) and good household cleaning are important actions to prevent both infections.
• The speed of transmission is an important difference between the two viruses. Influenza typically has a shorter incubation period (the time from infection to appearance of symptoms) than COVID-19. This means that influenza can spread faster than COVID-19.
• While the range of symptoms for the two viruses is similar, the fraction with severe disease appears to be higher for COVID-19. While most people have mild symptoms, approximately 15% of people have severe infections and 5% require intensive care in a hospital ICU. The proportions of severe and critical COVID-19 infections are higher than for influenza infections.

• Wash your hands frequently with soap and water, before and after eating, and after going to the toilet - you may want to put this poster up at your place of work
• We recommend placing alcoholic hand wash dispensers in your Cellar Doors and Tourism facilities for use by both staff and customers
• Cover your cough, dispose of tissues, and use alcohol-based hand sanitiser
• And if unwell, avoid contact with others (> 1.5 meters from people).

• Immediately isolate yourself from others in your work and home;
• Call your usual doctor or local hospital and tell them you may have novel coronavirus infection; and
• When you get to the doctor’s clinic or hospital, tell them again that you may have novel coronavirus infection; and
• As soon as possible, please call your employer to notify them that you have developed symptoms and will be tested for the novel coronavirus.

• Left or transited through a higher risk country that requires isolation (go to www.health.gov.au/covid19-travellers for specific advice on isolation requirements)
• Been in close contact with a confirmed case of coronavirus in the last 14 days (they must isolate themselves for 14 days after the date of last contact with the confirmed case).