With more than 45 countries infected with coronavirus, a global pandemic seems more likely than ever. Here’s what you can do to prepare.
This goes without saying but washing your hands frequently is one of the best ways to stem the spread of coronavirus — or any kind of infectious disease, really.you should wash your hands for at least 20 seconds — or as long as it takes for you to sing ‘Happy Birthday’ twice.
Infectious disease physician Amesh Adalja, who is a senior scholar at Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Health Security, toldColumbia University Medical Centre paediatrician Edith Bracho-Sanchez said food stockpiled should include your go-tos when you’re sick with a cold or flu such as vegetable broth or chicken noodle soup, hydrating drinks like Gatorade and crackers.
Most household cleaners than contain bleach or alcohol are enough to keep coronavirus at bay, Columbia University Medical Center epidemiology professor Stephen Morse told NPR. WHO also stressed that masks “are effective only when used in combination with frequent hand cleaning with alcohol-based hand rub or soap and water”.While WHO says washing your hands with an alcohol-based soap is the best way to keep coronavirus at bay using a hand sanitiser can also help.
A shortage of hand sanitiser is being witnessed in multiple retailers across the country as people rush to stock up in a bid to protect themselves from the deadly coronavirus sweeping the globe. “Instruct everybody in your home to only use their own towels and never touch another family member’s. Wash all towels twice a week. Damp towels provide terrific homes for viruses, like common colds, flus, and, yes, coronaviruses.It has become common knowledge that the virus can survive on doorknobs but how many of us worry about the ones we have at home? If someone in your family gets sick, you better get used to washing those handles frequently.
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