With the ongoing Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic, many clinics are prioritizing urgent care and delaying non-essential visits. Call the clinic directly for any birth control prescription refills and to schedule urgent appointments (such as, symptomatic STIs). If you have questions about the specific services being offered by a clinic, please call to see what services are available at this time.
For now, you are encouraged to stay home and social distance to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Check out the NYC Department of Health’s fact sheet on sex and COVID-19 to learn more about what kinds of sexual contact have higher or lower risk for spreading COVID-19, and how to practice safer sex in social isolation.
There are several telehealth options out there to get birth control without visiting a doctors office. NURX is one option, and here’s an article from Bedsider with several other options for ordering birth control.
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