COVID-19 Information
The health and safety of our community is a top priority. This priority has become increasingly urgent and important as the pandemic shows no signs of slowing down. West Fresno Family Resource Center believes that vaccination is the best protection to reduce the spread of COVID-19 and protect everyone, especially our underserved minority populations. Other safety measures to take include: wearing a well-fitted face mask, washing your hands, social distancing, and staying home if you are sick. West Fresno Family Resource Center offers equitable access to COVID-19 relief, support, education as well as hosting a biweekly testing and vaccine clinic in partnership with the UCSF, City of Fresno, US Department of Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health, and others.
If you have been exposed to someone with COVID-19 or have symptoms of possible COVID-19 (regardless of vaccine status or prior infection) and are either waiting for a test result or are unable to test, stay home and isolate from others. Stay in isolation until you get test results and instructions or 10 days have passed since symptoms started and they are now resolving.
For more information, please click the link and follow the new COVID-19 testing, isolation, and quarantine guidance from The California Department of Public Health (CDPH)
"The COVID-19 burden on our hospitals is greater than ever before. At Community Medical Centers, 71% of patients hospitalized due to COVID-19 are unvaccinated. This problem is preventable, and it’s threatening our ability to provide care to the ones who need it most.
We are signaling for your help.
Please get your vaccine and your booster. Vaccines help prevent serious illness, which helps keep you out of the hospital. Keep wearing your mask and following social distancing precautions. If you feel sick, get tested for COVID-19 at your local pharmacy, urgent care, or physician’s office. Then stay home until your symptoms have passed so that you don’t pass the virus on to others. Encourage those around you to do the same.
Help save our health systems and the people who take care of all of us."
A message from:
Community Health System
UCSF Fresno
Madera Community Hospital
Saint Agnes Medical Center
Kaweah Health
San Joaquin Valley Rehabilitation Hospital
Healthy Fresno County
Sierra View Medical Center
Valley Children's
The highly contagious omicron variant continues to spread throughout our communities. Vaccination and boosters provide the best protection against severe illness from COVID-19. Also, it is recommend you continue to wear a mask in public indoor and outdoor settings, social distance, wash your hands often, and stay home when sick.
Testing is also an important tool in slowing the spread of COVID-19. Rapid antigen home tests, also called rapid COVID tests or self tests, offer another way to help reduce the spread. Health plans are now reimbursing members for these at-home tests.
How to Get FDA Approved Rapid Antigen Home Tests
Starting January 19, you can request free rapid antigen tests, without shipping fees, from the federal government. Rapid antigen home tests are also available at your local drugstore or online.
Guidance on Types of COVID-19 Tests
Rapid antigen home tests are a fast, easy way to get a quick result if you have symptoms, think you have been exposed to someone with COVID-19, or plan to gather indoors with those who may be at risk including unvaccinated children, older individuals, and those who are immunocompromised. Results are typically available within 30 minutes.
PCR tests are usually processed in a lab and results are typically available in 1‑3 days, but may take longer during periods of high demand.
Please do not visit the urgent care or the emergency department for COVID-19 testing.
A message from:
Kaiser Permanente
South Stadium Building,
700 Van Ness Ave, Suite #201
Fresno, CA 93721
Phone:
(559) 374-5750
The NCSCC is dedicated to providing access to clinical care and community resources for patients with SCD in targeted communities throughout the state of California