How to Stay Safe from Corona Virus

Prevention and Proactive Measures to control Corona Virus

So now when we know about basic symptoms of Corona virus and how it spread, let’s try to see how we can avoid this. How can we keep ourselves and others safe from this virus? We need to start practicing hand and respiratory hygiene all times. Below are the few general safety tips that we should make a routine practice in day to day life now:

• Wash Hands at regular interval with soap and water or use alcohol based hand sanitizer at regular intervals.
• Maintain at least 1-mtr distance from others; especially in cases when you have someone in your vicinity who is sneezing/coughing without covering his/her face. If you are too close that person, you may have chances to get the droplets released by sneezing on your body.
• Avoid public gathering as most public gatherings are crowded and keeping social distance of 1-mtr becomes tough there.
• Avoid touching mouth, nose and eyes with your hands. Normally hands touch many surfaces in a day and in case you have touched any contaminated surface, then virus can enter your body while touching your eyes, nose and mouth.
• Cough/Sneeze in elbow rather than in hands.
• Dispose of used tissues immediately
• Avoid Contact with others
• Work from home.
• Avoid non-essential travels
• Ensure that people around you follow good hygiene practices i.e. covering face while sneezing, wearing mask in public places etc..

Here are some recommendations from WHO:

How to do Grocery Shopping

While doing grocery shopping, take care of the following to safe yourself from virus:

• Make sure to avoid crowded areas.
• Use mask as a precaution.
• If you are trying to use the trolley while shopping, ensure to  sanitize the handles and grip before holding them.
• Try to take bags from home as these are washable and reusable. It will avoid catching the infection with bags supplied with grocery.
• Maintain social distance while getting the billing done.

Here are some WHO recommendations on grocery shopping and washing fruits/Veg.

How to be safe during Pregnancy

There are lot of questions precautions to be taken during pregnancy like

• Am i more prone to infected via corona virus
• If i got infected, will my child also get this infection from me
• How to take care of the baby after birth
• and so on..

Still there are no confirmed answers to any of the above questions. Having said that, pregnant women should all the necessary precautions as a normal adult should have like washing hands, covering the face and other hygiene related precautions as mentioned in first part of this blog.

While breast-feeding the new born babies, wash your hands properly, cover your face and then start doing the breast feeding.