Coronavirus (COVID-19)
If you have symptoms, call your primary care provider before coming to the hospital.
For your safety and the safety of others, please do not come to an urgent care clinic or emergency room unless you have been instructed to do so. If you have life-threatening symptoms like difficulty breathing or chest pressure, please call 911. Thank you for helping us keep our community safe by limiting the spread of the virus and allowing our teams to care for the sickest patients.
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- Associate Chief, Infection Control Unit
Peter L. Slavin, MDDuring our two centuries of delivering care, Mass General has faced many crises. Each time, our hospital has been there for its patients, staff and community, gathering important lessons and building on experiences to apply to the next challenge.
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Preguntas más comunes sobre el coronavirus
Esta semana, la doctora Sarimer Sánchez, de Massachusetts General Hospital responde a preguntas frecuentes sobre el COVID-19 en español.
A Look Inside Coronavirus Preparations at a Major U.S. Hospital
Read an article from the Washington Post on emergency preparedness efforts at Mass General.
COVID-19 Research at Mass General
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Media Coverage
View the latest articles featuring Mass General physicians and infectious-disease experts leading the fight against Coronavirus (COVID-19).
- Hospitals brace for a surge of coronavirus patients, but how accurate are the projections? – Boston Globe article quotes Mass General physician Paul Biddinger (April 8)
- In a huge shift because of coronavirus, most doctors now 'seeing' patients by phone or video - Boston Globe quotes Mass General physician Lee Schwamm (April 7)
- Massachusetts to launch first US trial of Japanese coronavirus drug – Boston Globe coverage of Mass General trial quoting Keith Flaherty and physician Rochelle Walensky (April 7)
- For Non-English Speakers, Difficult Language Barriers Become Dire Amid Outbreak – WBUR News quotes Mass General chief equity and inclusion officer Joseph Betancourt (April 7)
- Mass General among first to test nitric oxide on pandemic patients – Boston Herald coverage of study led by Mass General investigator Lorenzo Berr (April 6)
- Coronavirus patients rush to join studies of Gilead drug – Associated Press quotes Mass General physician Jag Singh and investigator Elizabeth Hohmann (April 6)
- How a discovery that brought us Viagra could help those battling the coronavirus – Los Angeles Times quotes Mass General investigators Lorenzo Berra and Warren Zapol (April 5)
- Thank you, Mass General, for taking care of my father with COVID-19 – Boston Globe coverage of patient care at Mass General (April 5)
- A pandemic that ruptures familiar rituals around dying and death – Boston Globe quotes Mass General ICU nurse Kelsey Conley (April 5)
- Dispatch from MGH: Emotional limbo on the front lines of caring for the very sick with COVID-19 – Boston Globe coverage of COVID-19 care at Mass General (April 4)
Information for Employees
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