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After about two months of hospitalization, Maria Nevarez, one of Oregon Health & Science University’s first patients with COVID-19 has finally been discharged, May 13, 2020. Staff lined the hallway to cheer for her as she left the hospital. | OHSU/KRISTYNA WENTZ-GRAFF

Press Release: Coronavirus Patient Discharged After 58 Days At OHSU

May 15, 2020

"The most effective way to prevent COVID-19 is to practice washing hands frequently, practice social distancing, and stay home,” says Robert Hendrickson, M.D., medical director of the Oregon Poison Center. (Getty Images)