How to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease?

How to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease?

Wash your hands often with plain soap and water. Cover your mouth and nose with a cloth face covering or non-surgical mask when around others. Avoid crowds and practice social distancing (stay at least 6 feet apart from others).

What are some best practices I can implement in my grocery store during the COVID-19 pandemic?

• Consider moving self-service areas, such as condiment stations, to behind employee counters.
• Encourage customer use of credit cards and contactless payments.
• Cloth face coverings should be worn by employees while working. Cloth face coverings should also be encouraged for customer use, based on local guidance.

What should I do when shopping during the COVID-19 pandemic?

Practice social distancing while shopping – keeping at least 6 feet between you, other shoppers, and store employees. Keep your hands away from your face. Wash your hands with warm water and soap for at least 20 seconds when you return home and again after you put away your groceries.

How can you keep grocery store workers safe from the coronavirus disease?

Provide employees with access to soap, clean running water, and materials for drying their hands, and provide alcohol-based hand sanitizers containing at least 60% alcohol at stations around the establishment for use by both workers and customers. Maintain a healthy work environment Institute measures to physically separate and increase distance between employees, other coworkers, and customers, such as: Configure partitions with a pass-through opening at the bottom of the barrier in checkout lanes, customer service desks, and pharmacy and liquor store counters

What is the incubation period for COVID-19?

The median incubation period of COVID-19 is 5–6 days, ranging from 1 to 14 days.

What should I do if someone I live with tests positive for COVID-19?

You should only share a house with a person with COVID-19 if:you are providing essential care to that person you cannot find a different place to livePeople who stay in the same place as someone with COVID-19 will be a close contact and must follow quarantine rules. People should follow these rules for 14 days from when the person with COVID-19 was last infectious.

Are smokers at higher risk of contracting the coronavirus disease?

Smoking any kind of tobacco reduces lung capacity and increases the risk of many respiratory infections and can increase the severity of respiratory diseases. COVID-19 is an infectious disease that primarily attacks the lungs. Smoking impairs lung function making it harder for the body to fight off coronaviruses and other respiratory diseases. Available research suggests that smokers are at higher risk of developing severe COVID-19 outcomes and death.

What are some symptoms of COVID-19?

Symptoms○ fever. ○ respiratory symptoms.○ coughing.○ sore throat.○ shortness of breath.

What is quarantine during the COVID-19 pandemic?

Quarantine is when you are well but may have been in contact with someone with COVID-19. If this happens you will be required to isolate from other people to prevent the spread of the virus. The quarantine period is 14 days from when you may have been in contact with the virus.

Can I get the coronavirus disease from swimming in a swimming pool?

Swimming in a well-maintained, properly chlorinated pool is safe. However, it is advisable to stay away from al crowded areas including crowded swimming pools. Keep 1 metre distance from people who sneeze or cough even in a swimming area.

Can you contract the coronavirus disease by touching a surface?

The virus can spread from person to person through: close contact with an infectious person (including in the 24 hours before they started showing symptoms); contact with droplets from an infected person’s cough or sneeze; touching objects or surfaces (like doorknobs or tables) that have cough or sneeze droplets from an infected person, and then touching your mouth or face.

Who is eligible for home care during the COVID-19 pandemic?

Those with mild or moderate disease can be considered for home care if they are under the age of 60, do not smoke, are not obese, and do not have other diseases such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes mellitus, chronic lung disease, cancer, chronic kidney disease, immunosuppression.

What are the best foods to eat during the COVID-19 pandemic?

Promote diets which are based on a variety of unprocessed or minimally processed foods, include wholegrains, legumes, nuts and an abundance and variety of fruits and vegetables and which can include moderate amounts of eggs, dairy, poultry and fish, and small amounts of red meat.