Cover Your Cough

Stop the Spread of Germs that Make You and Others Sick!

Serious respiratory illnesses like influenza, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), whooping cough, and severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) are spread by:

Coughing or sneezing
Unclean hands

To help stop the spread of germs,

Cover your mouth and nose with a tissue when you cough or sneeze.
If you don't have a tissue, cough or sneeze into your upper sleeve, not your hands.
Put your used tissue in the waste basket.

Clean your hands after coughing or sneezing

Wash with soap and water.
or
Clean with alcohol-based hand cleaner.

Note: You may be asked to put on a surgical mask to protect others.

Printable formats of "Cover Your Cough"

Posters only available as PDF files.

For Health Care Settings

Thumbnail image of 'Cover Your Cough' poster

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FLYER & POSTER
FLYER (8.5" x 11")	English	Spanish	Portuguese	French	Vietnamese
FLYER (8.5" x 11")	Tagalog	Chinese	Hmong	Khmer
POSTER (11" x 17")	English	Spanish	Vietnamese	Chinese	—

For Community and Public Settings Like Schools and Child Care Facilities

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FLYER & POSTER
FLYER (8.5" x 11")	English	Spanish	Portuguese	French	Vietnamese
FLYER (8.5" x 11")	Tagalog	Chinese	Hmong	Khmer
POSTER (11" x 17")	English	Spanish	—	—	—

Note: The images from the "Cover Your Cough" flyers and posters are the property of the Minnesota Department of Health. For more information see About Using Our Cover Your Cough Materials in Your Facility.