President Donald Trump s intent to leave the hospital and return to the White House has the country fixated on the safest procedures for COVID-19 patients particularly when it comes to looking after someone at home. What should you do if you live with someone who has the coronavirus? How do you keep them, yourself and your household healthy?

The Centers for Disease and Control and Prevention says that most people who get mildly sick with COVID-19 should recover at home . Mild symptoms can include fever, cough, new loss of taste or smell, chills, fatigue, headaches, runny nose and diarrhea. If theyre experiencing severe symptoms trouble breathing, intense chest pain, new confusion and pneumonia seek emergency medical care.

How do you look after someone while ensuring that you stay as healthy as possible? Below, doctors share the advice theyre giving patients.

Your goal is to distance as much as possible.

First, dont freak out. Taking care of someone with COVID-19 can be done at home if they have mild symptoms, said Sachin Nagrani, a physician and the East Coast Medical Director for Heal , a telemedicine provider of doctor house calls.

If someone in your household is diagnosed and has mild symptoms, the goal is self-isolation for the sick person until she or he recovers, to limit the spread of the infection, he said.