HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF AND OTHERS FROM COVID-19

August 15, 2020

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You can reduce your chances of being infected or spreading the infection by following some precautionary measures:

• Maintain at least 1-meter distance between yourself and others. 

When someone speaks, coughs, or sneezes they spray droplets from their mouth or nose. Wherein, it may be able to possibly contain the virus. If you are too close to the person who speaks, coughs, or sneezes, you can breathe in the droplets. 

• Avoid going to crowded places 

Where people come together in crowds, you are more likely to come into close contact with someone that has COVID-19 and it is more difficult to maintain a physical distance of 1 meter or 3 feet. 

• Avoid touching your nose, eyes, or mouth

There are many surfaces or objects that a hand can touch and it may pick up the virus. Once contaminated, the virus can transfer into your nose, eyes, or mouth. From there, the virus can enter your body and infect you. 

• Make sure you and the people around you follows a good respiratory hygiene 

You need to cover your nose and mouth with your bent elbow o tissue when you sneeze or cough. Dispose used tissue and wash your hands right after. Droplets spread viruses. By following good respiratory hygiene, you protect the people around you from the virus. 

• Stay home and self-isolate even with minor symptoms 

Have someone to bring your supplies. If you need to leave your house, wear a mask to avoid others from infecting. 

Safe use of alcohol-based hand sanitizers

To protect yourself and others against COVID-19, clean your hands thoroughly and frequently. Use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer or wash your hands with soap and water. If you use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer, make sure you use it and keep it cautiously.

• Remember that washing your hands with soap and water is also effective against COVID-19.
• Apply a coin-sized amount on your hands. There is no need to use a large amount of the product.
• Avoid touching your mouth, eyes, and nose right away after using an alcohol-based hand sanitizer, as it can irritate.
• Do not let children swallow an alcohol-based hand sanitizer. It can be poisonous. 
• Hand sanitizers recommended to protect against COVID-19 are alcohol-based and therefore can be flammable. Do not use it before handling fire or cooking.
• Keep alcohol-based hand sanitizers away from the reach of children. Impart to them on how to apply it and monitor its use.

We know that you’ve heard these a million times already. It bears repeating. We do know it spreads through respiratory droplets produced when an infected person sneezes or coughs. Other individuals may be infected when they touch a surface that has virus particles on it and then touches their nose, eyes, or mouth. The very best weapon in any fight between human and contagious disease is hand hygiene.

This virus is likely to be with us for many months or years, so developing these habits is a good long-term strategy for keeping our community healthy. And, don’t forget, COVID-19 is not the only germ in town. Seasonal influenza, colds, and other viruses will continue to be a concern, so good hand hygiene and proper disinfection practices are habits that never go out of season.