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CORONAVIRUS UPDATE

In effort to partner with local health department, CDC, and federal agencies to slow and contain the transmission of COVID-19 in the United States, please be advised that our office has to implement plans to prevent and minimize the spread of COVID-19 during this time.

For anyone who has recently traveled to China, Japan, South Korea, Italy, or Iran, or been in contact with people who has traveled to those places and is ASYMPTOMATIC, we follow CDC recommendation of  “self- quarantine” for 14 days after the trip. We ask you to remain home and conduct self-monitoring during this time.

If you have had travel exposure and is experiencing symptoms of fever, cough, and shortness of breaths. PLEASE DO NOT ENTER THE OFFICE, WE ASK YOU TO CALL US FIRST TO ARRANGE ANY VISITS. 

NY Department of Health has opened a Coronavirus Hotline (1-888-364-3065) where New Yorkers with questions about the virus can speak to public health experts in their preferred language.

You can also call 311 or visit https://www1.nyc.gov/site/doh/index.page for travel and school related questions.

For further information, visit www.cdc.gov website, and https://healthychildren.org/English/health-issues/conditions/chest-lungs/Pages/2019-Novel-Coronavirus.aspx website.

In response to the COVID-19 outbreak, we are now offering Telemedicine/Video Visits and Rapid COVID PCR Testing in office. Meet with your doctor to get a prescribed treatment plan, refill or get a new prescription and much more all from the safety and comfort of your home.