Wash hands with soap and water for at least 20 seconds, if you don’t have access to those, use disinfectants containing alcohol ( coronavirus can stay on surfaces from 2 hours up to 9 days).
2. Always wash hands before meals.
3. Cover your mouth and nose with a handkerchief and after, throw it into the trash. If no handkerchief was at hand, use the upper part of your elbow.
4. Do not touch eyes and face with unwashed hands. If need be, wash your hands immediately.
5. Steer clear of people who have signs of having a cold or the flue. Keeping a distance of at least 1 to 1.50 meters is a very effective measure for prevention.
6. Keep away from public settings. However, if your presence was needed, use masks and avoid facial contacts and hand shaking.
7. It is not necessary for everybody to wear mask; what is more the lifespan of one-layered masks is about 2 to 3 hours and that of N95 filtered ones is between 8 to 12 hours.
8. People suspected with flu-like illnesses should rest at home and avoid appearing in public settings, facial contact and handshakes.
9. Do not make unnecessary hospital or health center visits if you just suspect yourself to have contracted corona.
10. In crowded places and when in public transportation vehicles do not touch any surfaces, otherwise wash hands or spray with alcohol.
11. In public settings, shopping malls and so on, and in case you ride an elevator, push the buttons with a handkerchief, ear swab or a clean toothpick and throw them in a trash preferably the ones with a footpedal. Never touch the elevator button with your bare fingers.
12. When in an elevator, face the door and by no means face each other.
13. Try avoiding restaurants and dinning rooms as much as possible or use takeaway services at least. When in a restaurant, use disposable glasses. Also, don’t use the sugar provided in catering places(?) unless they are packaged.
14. It is crucial that foot-pedal trash bins are used in public places. Never use hands to open the lid of trash bin.
15. listed below are 9 contaminated surfaces after contact with which you have to wash hands for 40 to 60 seconds, and take care that you don’t touch eyes, mouth and nose after complete washing up:
- Computer and laptop keyboard
- Mouse and mouse pad
- Elevator keyboard and buttons
- ATM keyboards
- POS( points of sale)
- Ring bell for public and personal places
- Punch clocks that record start and end times of hourly employees
- Rubber stamps
16.Clean and disinfect things and surfaces that we regularly touch like remote control of TV, doorknobs, cellphones and so on.
17.Use separate dishes and utensils from patients.
18.Boil eggs and meat thoroughly.
19.Vitamin C, fruit and vegetables consumptions boost immune system and make you immune to coronavirus.
20.If you have fever, dry cough, shortness of breath, body convulsions, body pain, headache, diarrhea, nausea or a runny nose, refer to a medical center. ( after the last contact with a patient beware of these signs for 14 days).
If you do not show signs of this disease, you could continue your daily activities such as going to work, school or other public spaces, provided you observe health protocols.
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