COVID-19 pandemic which was first identified in China has now become an international pandemic. At the time of writing this post, the number of verified cases all over the world is 18.4 Million, claiming 692K lives. Amid this, Google Doodle advises people to wear a mask to save lives. Here’s how you can safeguard yourself from getting contaminated with the deadly virus.
Based on a draft by World Health Organization (WHO), you can follow the below-mentioned actions to lower your opportunities of being infected with COVID-19:
1- Cleaned your hands regularly with an alcohol-based sanitizer or clean them with soap and water. This will eliminate any infection that your hands might have.
2- Maintain a distance of a minimum of 3 feet with others, so that if an infected person coughs, sneezes and even speaks, you might prevent yourself from breathing in the water droplets which may include the virus.
3- Prevent checking out crowded locations as there are more opportunities of getting infected with the infection in a crowded place.
4- Avoid touching your face. Due to the fact that your hands touch lots of surface areas and there’s a high possibility of selecting up the infection, this is. As soon as the hands get contaminated, touching the face might supply a path to the virus to go into the body.
5- Make sure that the people around you follow good respiratory hygiene i.e., covering mouth and nose with bent elbow or tissue while coughing or sneezing. Make sure that they right away dispose of the tissue and wash their hands as the droplets might spread the infection.
6- Avoid contact with anyone and self-isolate even with small COVID-19 symptoms to protect others from getting infected.
7- Seek medical help in case of fever, cough or problem in breathing.
8- Prevent hugs and handshakes. Welcome individuals with a wave, nod or bow.
9- Monitor everybody’s health in the house for fever, cough, difficulty in breathing and seek medical assistance in case any symptoms appear.
10- Disinfect the regularly touched surfaces such as doorknobs, switches, etc.
11- Use a mask every time you step out of your house.
